Singles

Pretenders Singles Lyrics
1.2000 Miles

He's gone 2000 miles
It's very far
The snow is falling down
Gets colder day by day
I miss you

The children will sing
He'll be back at christmastime

In these frozen and silent nights
Sometimes in a dream you appear
Outside under the purple sky
Diamonds in the snow sparkle
Our hearts were singing
It felt like christmastime

2000 miles
Is very far through the snow
I'll think of you
Wherever you go

He's gone 2000 miles
It's very far
The snow is falling down
Gets colder day by day
I miss you

I can hear people singing
It must be christmastime
I hear people singing
It must be christmastime


2.Back On The Chain Gang

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
We're back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang

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
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, 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
Now we're back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang


3.Brass In Pocket

Got brass in pocket
Got bottle i'm gonna use it
Intention i feel inventive
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice

Got motion restrained emotion
Been driving detroit leaning
No reason just seems so pleasing
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice

(chorus)

Gonna use my arms
Gonna use my legs
Gonna use my style
Gonna use my sidestep
Gonna use my fingers
Gonna use my, my, my imagination

'cause i gonna make you see
There's nobody else here
No one like me
I'm special so special
I gotta have some of your attention give it to me

Got rhythm i can't miss a beat
Got new skank it's so reet
Got something i'm winking at you
Gonna make you, make you, make you notice

(chorus)

'cause i gonna make you see
There's nobody else here
No one like me
I'm special, so special
I gotta have some of your attention
Give it to me
'cause i gonna make you see
There's nobody else here
No one like me
I'm special, so special
I gotta have some of your attention

Give it to me


4.Day After Day

Way up in the sky
Over the city, over tokyo
Silver light, summer moon
You'll be over somebody's winter this afternoon
While the dolphins swim in the sea
You're going grey, my baby
Still the war is waging endlessly
Day after day, day after day

Way up in the sky
Over the city and lake erie
You remember the flats, you were there
Out every night mr moonlight

Round and round and round we go
Just like yesterday

Way up in the sky
Over the city where you sleep tonight
The light outside your window blinks
'hotel, hotel, hotel'
Open the blind and dream in a moonbeam

When the war's finally over
We'll meet again
And pick up where we left off


5.Don't Get Me Wrong

Don't get me wrong
If i'm looking kind of dazzled
I see neon lights
Whenever you walk by

Don't get me wrong
If you say 'hello' and i take a ride
Upon a sea where the mystic moon
Is playing havoc with the tide
Don't get me wrong

Don't get me wrong
If i'm acting so distracted
I'm thinking about the fireworks
That go off when you smile

Don't get me wrong
If i split like light refracted
I'm only off to wander
Across a moonlit mile

Once in awhile
Two people meet
Seemingly for no reason
They just pass on the street
Suddenly thunder, showers everywhere
Who can explain the thunder and rain
But there's something in the air

Don't get me wrong
If i come and go like fashion
I might be great tomorrow
But hopeless yesterday

Don't get me wrong
If i fall in the 'mode of passion'
It might be unbelievable
But let's not say 'so long'
It might just be fantastic
Don't get me wrong


6.Hymn To Her

Let me inside you
Into your room
I've heard it's lined
With the things you don't show
Lay me beside you
Down on the floor
I've been your lover
From the womb to the tomb
I dress as your daughter
When the moon becomes round
You be my mother
When everything's gone

And she will always carry on
Something is lost
But something is found
They will keep on speaking her name
Somethings change
Some stay the same

Keep beckoning to me
From behind that closed door
The maid and the mother
And the crone that's grown old

I hear your voice
Coming out of that hole
I listen to you
And i want some more
I listen to you
And i want some more

And she will always carry on
Something is lost
But something is found
They will keep on speaking her name
Some things change
Some stay the same


7.I Got You Babe

originally done by sonny and cher

Her:
They say we're young and we don't know
We won't find out until we grow

Him:
Well i don't know if all that's true
'cause you got me, and baby i got you

Both:
Babe, i got you babe, i got you babe

Her:
They say our love won't pay the rent
Before it's earned, our money's all been spent

Him:
I guess that's so, we don't have a pot
But at least i'm sure of all the things we got

Both:
Babe, i got you babe, i got you babe

Him:
I got flowers in the spring
I got you to wear my ring

Her:
And when i'm sad, you're a clown
And if i get scared, you're always around

Don't let them say your hair's too long
'cause i don't care, with you i can't go wrong

Him:
Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb

Both:
Babe, i got you babe, i got you babe

Him: i got you to hold my hand
Her: i got you to understand
Him: i got you to walk with me
Her: i got you to talk with me
Him: i got you to kiss goodnight
Her: i got you to hold me tight
Him: i got you, i won't let go
Her: i got you to love me so

Both:
I got you babe, i got you babe
I got you babe, i got you babe
I got you babe


8.I Go To Sleep

When i look up from my pillow
I dream you are there with me
Though you are far away
I know you'll always be near to me

I go to sleep, sleep
And imagine that you're there with me
I go to sleep, sleep
And imagine that you're there with me

I look around me
And feel you are ever so close to me
Each tear that flows from my eye
Brings back memories of you to me

I go to sleep, sleep
And imagine that you're there with me
I go to sleep, sleep
And imagine that you're there with me

I was wrong, i will cry
I will love you till the day i die
You were all, you alone and no one else
You were meant for me

When morning comes again
I have the loneliness you left me
Each day drags by
Until finally my time descends on me

I go to sleep, sleep
And imagine that you're there with me
I go to sleep, sleep
And imagine that you're there with me


9.Kid

Kid what changed your mood
You've gone all sad so i feel sad too
I think i know some things we never outgrow
You think it's wrong
I can tell you do
How can i explain
When you don't want me to

Kid my only kid
You look so small you've gone so quiet
I know you know what i'm about
I won't deny it
But you forgive though you don't understand
You've turned your head
You've dropped by hand

All my sorrow, all my blues
All my sorrow

Shut the light, go away
Full of grace, you cover your face

Kid gracious kid
Your eyes are blue but you won't cry
I know angry tears are too dear
You won't let them go


10.Message Of Love

Now the reason we're here
As man and woman
Is to love each other
Take care of each other
When love walks in the room
Everybody stand up
Oh it's good, good, good
Like brigitte bardot

Now look at the people
In the streets, in the bars
We are all of us in the gutter
But some of us are looking at the stars
Look round the room
Life is unkind
We fall but we keep gettin' up
Over and over and over and over and over and over

Me and you, every night, every day
We'll be together always this way
Your eyes are blue like the heavens above
Talk to me darlin' with a message of love

Now the reason we're here
Every man, every woman
Is to help each other
Stand by each other
When love walks in the room
Everybody stand up
Oh it's good, good good
Say i love you, i love you, i love you, i love you, i love you,
i love you

Talk to me darlin'


11.Middle Of The Road V.1

Version one

The middle of the road is trying to find me
I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me
Well i got a smile for everyone i meet
As long as you don't try dragging my bay
Or dropping the bomb on my street

Now come on baby
Get in the road
Oh come on now
In the middle of the road, yeah

In the middle of the road you see the darndest things
Like fat guys driving 'round in jeeps through the city
Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits
Past corrugated tin shacks full up with kids
Oh man i don't mean a hampstead nursery
When you own a big chunk of the bloody third world
The babies just come with the scenery

Oh come on baby
Get in the road
Oh come on now
In the middle of the road, yeah

One...two...three...four...

The middle of the road is no private cul-de-sac
I can't get from the cab to the curb
Without some little jerk on my back
Don't harass me, can't you tell
I'm going home, i'm tired as hell
I'm not the cat i used to be
I got a kid, i'm thirty-three

Baby, get in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road
Yeah


12.Middle Of The Road V.2

Middle of the road

Version two

The middle of the road is trying to find me
I'm standing in the middle of life with my plans behind me
Well i got a smile for everyone i meet
As long as you don't try dragging my bay
Or dropping the bomb on my street

Now come on baby
Get in the road
Oh come on now
In the middle of the road, yeah

In the middle of the road you see the darndest things
Like fakirs driving 'round in jeeps through the city
Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits
Past corrugated tin shacks full up with kids
Oh man i don't mean a hampstead nursery
When you own a big chunk of the bloody third world
The babies just come with the scenery

Oh come on baby
Get in the road
Oh come on now
In the middle of the road, yeah

One...two...three...four...

The middle of the road is no private cul-de-sac
I can't get from the cab to the curb
Without some little jerk on my back
Don't harass me, can't you tell
I'm going home, i'm tired as hell
I'm not the cat i used to be
I got a kid, i'm thirty-three

Baby, get in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road
Yeah


13.My Baby

I want you to love me
That's all i want from you
I want you to love me
One day

I know i'm a peasant
Dressed as a princess
But that doesn't mean you have
To take my clothes away

If i could show you
Some happiness
Then i would feel
Like a real princess
That to me would be success
My baby

I seen you dancin'
A natural beauty
You make this dive
Seem sublime
You really get
To the heart of the music
You're the poetry of time

If there's a method
To writing a song
How come i'm getting it wrong
You write the beautiful songs
Baby

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon baby
Take my hand
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon show me
To the love land

Can this really happen
In this day and age
Suddenly
To just turn the page
Like walking on stage
My baby


14.Show Me

Show me the meaning of the word
Show me the meaning of the word
'cause i've heard so much about it
They say you can't live without it

Welcome to the human race
With its wars, disease and brutality
You with your innocence and grace
Restore some pride and dignity
To a world in decline

Welcome to a special place
In a heart of stone that's cold and grey
You with your angel face
Keep the despair at bay
Send it away, and

Show me the meaning of the word
Show me the meaning of the word
'cause i've heard so much about it
I don't want to live without it
I don't want to live without it
Oh, i want love, i want love, i want love

Welcome here from outer space
The milky way still in your eyes
You found yourself a hopeless case
One seeking perfection on earth
That's some kind of rebirth, so

Show me the meaning of the word
Show me the meaning of the word
'cause i've heard so much about it
Don't make me live without it
Don't make me live without it
Oh, love, i want love, i want love, i want love


15.Stop Your Sobbing

It is time for you to stop all of your sobbing
Yes it's time for you to stop all of your sobbing oh oh oh
There's one thing you gotta do
To make me still want you
Gotta stop sobbing now
Yeah yeah stop it stop it

It is time for you to laugh instead of crying
Yes it's time for you to laugh so keep on trying oh oh oh
There's one thing you gotta do
To make me still want you
Gotta stop sobbing now
Yeah yeah stop it stop it

Each little tear that falls from your eyes
Makes, makes me want
To take you in my arms and tell you
To stop all your sobbing

There's one thing you gotta do
To make me still want you
And there's one thing you gotta know
To make me want you so
Gotta stop sobbing now
Yeah yeah stop it stop it


16.Talk Of The Town

Such a drag to want something sometime
One thing leads to another i know
Was a time wanted you for mine
Nobody knew
You arrived like a day
And passed like a cloud
I made a wish, i said it out loud
Out loud in a crowd
Everybody heard
'twas the talk of the town

It's not my place to know what you feel
I'd like to know but why should i?
Who were you then, who are you now?
Common labourer by night, by day highbrow
Back in my room i wonder, then i
Sit on the bed, look at the sky
Up in the sky
Clouds rearrange
Like the talk of the town

Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday
Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday
You've changed your place in this world
You've changed your place in this world

Oh but it's hard to live by the rules
I never could and still never do
The rules and such never bothered you
You call the shots and they follow
I watch you still from a distance then go
Back to my room, you never know
I want you, i want you but now
Who's the talk of the town?


17.Thin Line Between Love And Hate

It's a thin line between love and hate
It's a thin line between love and hate

It's five o'clock in the morning
And you're just getting in
You knock on the front door
And a voice sweet and low says
'who is it?'
She opens up the door and lets you in
Never once asks where have you been
She says 'are you hungry?
Did you eat yet?
Let me hang up your coat
Pass me your hat'
All the time she's smiling
Never once raises her voice
It's five o'clock in the morning
You don't give it a second thought

It's a thin line between love and hate
(repeat)

The sweetest woman in the world
Could be the meanest woman in the world
If you make her that way
You keep hurting her
She'll keep being quiet
She might be holding something inside
That'll really, really hurt you one day

I see her in the hospital
Bandaged from foot to head
In a state of shock
Just that much from being dead
You couldn't believe the girl
Would do something like this, ha
You didn't think the girl had the nerve
But here you are
I guess action speaks louder than words

It's a thin line between love and hate
(repeat)