This video was made only 2 years after the death of Pretenders guitarist James Honeyman-Scott, when the emotion behind the song is still visibly fresh in Chrissie Hynde's delivery
The Pretenders
Back on the Chain Gang
I FOUND A PICTURE OF YOU, WHAT HIJACKED MY WORLD THAT NIGHT TO A PLACE IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN CAST OUT OF? NOW WE'RE BACK IN THE FIGHT WE'RE BACK ON THE TRAIN OH, BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG
A CIRCUMSTANCE BEYOND OUR CONTROL, THE PHONE, THE TV AND THE NEWS OF THE WORLD GOT IN THE HOUSE LIKE A PIGEON FROM HELL, THREW SAND IN OUR EYES AND DESCENDED LIKE FLIES PUT US BACK ON THE TRAIN OH, 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, THOSE WERE THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF MY LIFE LIKE A BREAK IN THE BATTLE WAS YOUR PART, IN THE WRETCHED LIFE OF A LONELY HEART NOW WE'RE BACK ON THE TRAIN OH, BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG
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Ok, listen, Black Betty was the wagon that used to take prisoners from the prison to the work site (chain gang) and back. A Black Maria. A Paddy Wagon. Windowless, all black and hot as hell inside. Or it could have been a reference to The Pennsylvania...