Hear this snarlin'
When I was small the TV
Ran from 6 to midnight
They'd sign off for the evening
And not come on 'til it was light

But now there's always
24 hours of bushwah
Ah, always,
A-round the clock, air to fill

Ed Murrow: "Good luck; good night" [1]
"Good night, Chet!" - "David, good night!" [2]

They'd play "Star Span-gled Banner"
Then came peace and quiet 'til "dawn's early light" [3]
In Fifties, there used to be only three --
Count em' -- three networks: CBS, N --
--BC, ABC

There are now over
200 channels of bushwah
Over
200 channels of swill

Act as if story is hot
No matter if news or not
They're all that way

Yes, de-spite all this
Technological breakthrough --
Got Space-Age --
--Satellite, but garbage, still

Oh, the pukebox: anything, play
'Til nighttime turn into day
And if you listen closely
Only recourse is re-mote control
For idiot swarms
As jesters fester, pester;
I'm a protester, detester; sets
Off my alarms

Now we have always
24 hours of bushwah
Not free:
Satellite or cable bill

I hate to break this to you
But they all say nothing new
What can we do?
And we are always hearing
Clone after clone again


[1] "Real" newscaster Edward R. Murrow (April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965), whose trademark signoff, "Good night, and good luck" was also the title of a 2005 Oscar-nominated film.
[2] Paraphrased trademark signoff of co-anchors Chet Huntley (December 10, 1911 - March 20, 1974) and David Brinkley (July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003).

[3] For those outside the US (only, I hope), "dawn's early light" is a phrase in the first line of said National Anthem, which was played at TV stations' sign-on and sign-off.