Back on the Chain Gang Lyrics - David Bowie

1 I found a picture of you, o-o-oh, o-o-oh

2 You had hijacked my world at night

3 To a place in the past we've been passed out of, o-o-oh, o-o-oh

4 Now we're back in the fight

5 We're back on the train, yeah (ho-ah)

6 O-oh, back on the chain gang (ho-ah)

7 Circumstance beyond our control, o-o-oh, o-o-oh

8 The phone, TV and the news of the world

9 Got in the house like a pigeon from Hell, o-o-oh, o-o-oh

10 Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies

11 And put us back on the train, yeah (ho-ah)

12 O-oh, back on the chain gang (ho-ah)

13 The powers that be

14 That force us to live like we do

15 Bring me to my knees

16 When I see what they've done to you

17 Well, I'll die as I stand here today

18 Knowing that deep in my heart

19 They'll fall to ruin one day

20 For making us part

21 I found a picture of you, o-o-oh, o-o-oh

22 Those were the happiest days of my life

23 Like a break in the battle was your part, o-o-oh, o-o-oh

24 In the wretched life of a lonely heart

25 Now I'm back on the train, yeah (ho-ah)

26 O-oh, back on the chain gang (ho-ah)