[Verse 1]
Highway sign fell down
We missed town
Dresser on the side of the road
Pick it up
Swingset in a big fuckin' field
Lookin' at the monster mowing
Through the tall grass
Cutting it flat
[Verse 2]
Chain knockin against
A metal pole
In the wind
People standin' with their arms crossed
In the line at the Panera Bread
At a rest stop
[Verse 3]
Violently came up
In a Dollar General
You took too much
Jake walked into a Starbucks
TV in the gas pump
Blares into the dark
TV in the Gas Pump was written by Xandy Chelmis & Karly Hartzman & Margo Schultz & MJ Lenderman & Alan Miller.
TV in the Gas Pump was produced by Alex Farrar.
Wednesday released TV in the Gas Pump on Wed Mar 22 2023.
This is the first song I’ve written about being on the road, and I really just wanted to collect all that imagery you ingest on tour. A few images that made it in the song include: the never ending gas station stops that blend together and the dystopian gas pump advertisements, a stressful experienc...
I collected all the lines while we were in the van. I would see a swing set in a big field and I would write it down in my phone, and by the end of the tour I realized, Wow, I collected a lot of shit on this one, maybe I could form it into a song.
I try not to write on tour too much, though, becaus...