When Jahu was small
he didn't have electricity
nor enough for his basic necessities
He often starved when his father died
Lay awake at night when his mother cried
but one day, the village got power and a TV
a whole new shiny world, not enough to see...
Jahu found hope, new energy
to find the world shown on TV
He took off in a dusty summer night
jumped on a freight train with a dozen other guys

You promised me, you promised me,
I saw it all happening on TV
how can you now abandon me...
Everything looked so easy on TV
The city lights are cold at night
when you're alone and your fist is tight
the only thing that unifies us is the blue light of the TV...

Mandy was born very east
she never was on a communist party list
She'd watched western programmes secretly
learning english lyrics off the songs on MTV
when the wall fell she felt entitled to have it all
the luxuries behind the long great wall
She dreams of being rich like in Denver Clan
Instead of living in a community housing plan
Shopping five figures on Fifth Avenue
while her debts are high and her rent is due
While she lives on social welfare, paralyzed
with the TV blue reflected in her pale blue eyes...

You promised me, she says, everything would be alright...
But I am still where I were, every day and every night...

You promised me, you promised me,
I saw it all happening on TV
how can you now abandon me...
Everything looked so easy on TV
The city lights are cold at night
when you're alone and your fist is tight
the only thing that unifies us is the blue light of the TV...

Catherine has all she needs to live
still her general predisposition is sort of negative
She watches soaps, dramas, thrillers on TV
she says, my life is boring, compared to what I see
a wedding in a chapel with a thousand roses
rockstars being famous in spite of overdoses
I could be running a successful fashion empire
or be a famous TV anchor on the news wire
I could be anyone, or anything but myself
while her life is just passing like a sandclock
forgotten on a dusty bookshelf....

You promised me, you promised me,
I saw it all happening on TV
how can you now abandon me...
Everything looked so easy on TV
The city lights are cold at night
when you're alone and your fist is tight
the only thing that unifies us is the blue light of the TV...