Lyrics to
Back On The Chain

This version of Back On The Chain was released by Motorhead in 2008.

Don’t be bitchin’ honey,
‘Cos you’re holding all the money,
And now we’re outlaws, running scared,
And I don’t think it’s funny,
Keep your foot on the gas now baby,
Don’t you let ’em in,
‘Cos we just thieves and I don’t need,
To be back on that chain again.

Don’t you be complaining,
‘Cos you’re gonna do my brain in,
We just trying to cop a feel,
And I think the cops are gaining,
Got that petal to the metal baby,
Don’t you let ’em win,
‘Cos we just thieves, and I don’t need,
To be back on that chain again.

Don’t shoot me down, I ain’t no violent man,
Don’t put a .45 in my hand,
I ain’t gonna do no time,
I know I’ve been a fool,
But please don’t send me down,
I don’t want to spend my life locked up,
Without no women around.

Now we’re back on the street,
In love with every whore I meet,
‘Cos money walks and money talks,
And I can hardly keep my feet,
Keep lookin’ over your shoulder baby,
In case they zero in,
‘Cos we just thieves and I don’t need,
To be back on that chain again.

Police don’t shoot me down,
I don’t want to die in the dust,
I can’t make the scene where I die like a dog with the crowd looking on in disgust,
We’re just kids with guns,
American as apple pie,
So don’t you put that hurt on me,
I ain’t gonna do no time,
We were just running scared,
Everybody but us knew the game,
We never had no reason to kill,
But those people are dead just the same.

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