Lyric discussion by Aelumag 

Cover art for 2000 Miles lyrics by Pretenders, The

It's funny how everybody thinks this is such a cute song, but it's actually about a promiscuous woman (not that ain't cute to me). What other explanation for the two ways of addressing - the second and third person alternately - one for the husband who is away, and one for the lover who is near.

@Aelumag It's about someone who died, actually. First part of the song is she hopes he'll come back at Christmas, last verse it's Christmas time and he still isn't there. Not sure what you mean about pronouns.

@Aelumag It is about James Honeyman Scott who died of a drug overdose during the early years of the band's success.