You been hurt and you're all cried out you say. You walk down the street pushin' people outta your way. You packed your bags and all alone you wanna ride. You don't want nothin' don't need no one by your side. You're walkin' tough baby but you're walkin' blind. (Chorus). The ties that bind. Now you can't break the ties that bind. Cheap romance it's all just a crutch. You don't want nothin' that anybody can touch. You're so afraid of being somebody's fool. Not walkin' tough baby not walkin' cool. You walk cool but darlin' can you walk the line. And face the ties that bind. The ties that bind. Now you can't break the ties that bind. I would rather feel the hurt inside yes I would darlin'. Than know the emptiness your heart must hide. Yes I would darlin' yes I would darlin'. Yes I would baby. You sit and wonder just who's gonna stop the rain. Who'll ease the sadness who's gonna quiet the pain. It's a long dark highway and a thin white line. Connecting baby your heart to mine. We're runnin' now but darlin' we will stand in time. To face the ties that bind. The ties that bind. Now you can't break the ties that bind. You can't forsake the ties that bind.