I bought a bourgeois house in the Hollywood hills
With a trunkload 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 down
There was fifty-seven channels and notin' 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 channnels and nothin' 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 is fifty-seven channels and nothin' 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 bsted me for disturbin' the almighty peace

Judge said "What you got in your defense son ?"
"Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
I can see by your eyes friend you're just about gone

Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin'...