57 CHANNELS (AND NOTHIN' ON)^©

MTV UnPlugged version

One, two, one two three four!

(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
One, two, one two three four! (No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on)
(Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)

Well 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 'round 'til half-past dawn
There was fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Come on!

Well now home entertainment was my baby's wish
So I hopped into town for a satellite dish
Tied it to the top of my Japanese car
Came home and I pointed it out into the stars
A message come 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
There's fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Come 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 said "Bye-bye John
You're fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
Just fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Just fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Woah!

One, two, one two three four!
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)
(No justice, no peace!)

Well I bought a .44 magnum, it was solid steel cast
And in the blessed name of Elvis 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"
There's fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on

Well I can see by your eyes man you just about gone
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
There's fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
There's fifty-seven channels and nothin' on
I got ???!
(No justice, no peace!) (fifty-seven channels and nothin' on)
(No justice, no peace!) (fifty-seven channels and nothin' on)
(No justice, no peace!) (fifty-seven channels and nothin' on)
(No justice, no peace!) (fifty-seven channels and nothin' on)
(No justice, no peace!) (fifty-seven channels and nothin' on)
(No justice, no peace!) (fifty-seven channels and nothin' on)

The above lyrics refer to the 22 Sep 1992 performance at Warner Hollywood Studios, Los Angeles, CA, during the MTV Unplugged Taping. Though it was performed, the song was not included on the MTV UnPlugged CD, but the video of the song was later included on the MTV UnPlugged DVD.

Check also the album's version (more details), live 16 Nov 1990 version, live 17 Nov 1990 version, live 05 Jun 1992 version, live 10 Jul 1992 version, and Teddy Zig Zag's version.