57 Channels (And Nothin' On)

(album: Human Touch - 1992)

I bought a bourgeois house in the Hollywood hills
With a truckload of hundred thousand dollar bills
Man came by to hook up my cable TV
We settled in for the night my baby and me
We switched 'round and 'round 'til half-past dawn:
There was fifty-seven channels and nothing on

Fifty-seven channels and nothing on
Fifty-seven channels and nothing on

Well now home entertainment was my baby's wish
So I hopped into town for a satellite dish
I tied it to the top of my Japanese car
I came home and I pointed it out into the stars
A message came back from the great beyond:
There's fifty-seven channels and nothing on

Fifty-seven channels and nothing on
Fifty-seven channels and nothing on

Well we might'a made some friends with some billionaires
We might'a got all nice and friendly if we'd made it upstairs
All I got was a note that said, "Bye-bye, John
Our love's fifty-seven channels and nothing on,"

Fifty-seven channels and nothing on
Fifty-seven channels and nothing on

So I bought a .44 magnum, it was solid steel cast
And in the blessed name of Elvis well I just let it blast
'Til my TV lay in pieces there at my feet
And they busted me for disturbing the almighty peace
Judge said, "What you got in your defense son?"
"Fifty-seven channels and nothing on,"

Fifty-seven channels and nothing on
Fifty-seven channels and nothing on

I can see by your eyes, friend, you're just about gone
Fifty-seven channels and nothing on
Fifty-seven channels and nothing on
Fifty-seven channels and nothing on
Fifty-seven channels and nothing on
Fifty-seven channels and nothing on