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“Back On The Chain Gang” was originally released as a standalone single in the fall of 1982, a year after their second album Pretenders II. It became the band’s first of two top 10 US hits. It also reached the top 40 in the UK, New Zealand, Belgium and The Netherlands. The song was then later includ...
[Verse 1]
I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh
What hijacked my world that night
To a place in the past we've been cast out of? oh oh oh oh
Now we're back in the fight
[Chorus]
We're back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang
[Verse 2]
A circumstance beyond our control, oh oh oh oh
The phone, the TV, and the news of the world
Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh oh oh oh
Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies
[Chorus]
Put us back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang
[Bridge]
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
[Verse 3]
I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh
Those were the happiest days of my life
Like a break in the battle was your part, oh oh oh oh
In the wretched life of a lonely heart
[Chorus]
Now we're back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang
Back on the Chain Gang was written by Chrissie Hynde.
Back on the Chain Gang was produced by Chris Thomas.
Pretenders released Back on the Chain Gang on Fri Oct 01 1982.