Back On the Chain Gang - Pretenders

I found a picture of you Oh ohohoh ohohoh It hijacked my world at nights From a place in the past We've been cast out of Oh ohohoh ohohoh Now we're back in the fight Yes, we're back on the chain gang Ohoh back on the chain gang A circumstance beyond our control Oh ohohoh ohohoh The phone, the tv and the news of the world Got in the house like a pigeon from hell Oh ohohoh ohohoh Sand in our eyes, descended like flies Yes, we're back on the chain gang Ohoh, back on the chain gang The powers that be That force us to live like we do Bring me to my knees When I see what they've done to you But I'll die as I stand here today Knowing that deep in my heart They'll fall to ruin one day For making us part I found a picture of you Oh ohohoh ohohoh They were the happiest days of my life Like a break in the battle was your part Oh ohohoh ohohoh Lonely heart, lonely hearts Yes, we're back on the chain gang Ohoh, back on the chain gang (chain gang)

Simple feelings Show us that there is meaning Pure hearts shining like gold Our ears ringing with words that we've been singing Don't cry This time we're alive Quiet Dreaming Grab all your things, we're leaving We won't ever belong Let's never go home now We are with this Together in the stillness We won't ever belong Let's never go home now Twilight's fading Hurry, the moon is waiting Forever wallflowers You and I Across the night Visions that we will hold tight Float on Breathe in, my love Let it be, let it be We are never broken When our eyes are open Quiet Dreaming Grab all your things, we're leaving We won't ever belong Let's never go home now We are with this Together in the stillness We won't ever belong Let's never go home now You don't have to stand alone tonight You don't have to stand alone tonight Quiet Dreaming Grab all your things, we're leaving We won't ever belong Let's never go home now We are with this Together in the stillness We won't ever belong Let's never go home now We won't ever belong

I got rid of the shackles that bound me and the guards that were always around me There were tears on the mail mother wrote me in jail But I'm free from the chain gang now All the years I was known and respected till one day I was wrongly suspected I was shackled in chains in a cold freezin' rain but I'm free from the chain gang now All the years I was known by a number how I kept my mind is a wonder But like a bird in a tree I got my liberty and I'm free from the chain gang now I got rid of the shackles that bound me and the guards that were always around me There were tears on the mail mother sent me in jail But I'm free from the chain gang now There were tears on the mail mother sent me in jail But I'm free from the chain gang now.