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 nothin´ on
...fifty-seven channels and nothin´ on
...fifty-seven channels and nothin´ 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 nothin´ on
...fifty-seven channels and nothin´ on
...fifty-seven channels 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 busted me for disturbin´ the almighty peace
Judge said "What you got in your defense son?"
"Fifty-seven channels and nothin´ on"
"Fifty-seven channels and nothin´ on"
"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´ on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin´ on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin´ on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin´ on