I want my...
I want my C P B
I want my...
I want my C P B
I want my...
I want my C P B
I want my...
I want my C P B
[music intro, drums, electric guitar, etc.]
Heh!
Look at that station, that's the way they do it.
Found a way to get their money free...
Fill out grant forms -- there ain't nothing to it;
Money for nothin' from the C P B.
Fill out the grant forms -- want some money "to go".
Cross your fingers -- with a little luck.
Maybe get a little camera for your studio.
Maybe get a big satellite truck.
[chorus]
And then we had the '94 'lections.
A great big win for Gee-Ohh-PeEeEeEe.
They're movin' Congress in new directions.
Now that free money isn't free-ee.
We called our lawyers and they told us how to sign up.
We'll sell out -- just to get the dough.
No more Bill Moyers in the prime-time lineup -
We'll fill his time slot with the Barney show.
[chorus]
I called Newt Gingrich; told him to stuff it -
We don't need this blood moneEeEey.
Now I feel just like a damn puppet --
With all those strings on (the) C P Bee-ee.
[band plays a verse. (spoken: Moola, Moola)]
[chorus]
We're gonna lose this Digital Beta.
We'll send it back to SoOonyYyYy.
We'll buy a _used_ switcher, maybe, later.
You know it won't be (a) Grass Vallee-ey.
I should have worked for "M S T 3 K",
Or worked for "Regis and Kathie Lee".
[spoken] Could'a had cash in my pocket today,
[spoken] But here I am at Public T V.
[mumbled] Hey there! What's this? Another re-run??
[mumbled] Oh, man.........saw this one in '83.
Lookatthat station, troubles only begun,
No more money for nothin' -- from the C P B.
[chorus]
We'll have to make our pledge pitches stronger.
"Send us some cash -- pleEeEeEese!"
We'll have to use these cam's a little longer.
And only dream of the C C Dee-ees.
[band plays a verse over howls of anguish]
Lissen here
Lookatthat station, how they used to do it.
They got addicted to the free money.
Fill out the grant forms -- wasn't nothin' to it.
Money for nothin' from the C P B.
............ Money for nothin' .............. C P B ...
............ Money for nothin' ..... from the C P B ...
.. Oodles of money for nothin' ......... C-C-C P B ...
............ Money for nothin' ........ outta C P B ...
.. Mona-mona-money for nothin' .............. C P B ...
............ Money for nothin' ..... from the C P B ...
............ Money for nothin' . HA! . forget C P B ...
.... No more money for nothin' ...... no more C P B ...
Gimmethat, gimmethat...
Money for nothin'
We'll be poor... We'll be poor...
C P B
We'll be poor... We'll be free
Money for nothin'
We'll be poor... We'll be poor...
C P B
We'll be poor... We'll be free
Getch'a Money for nothin'
We'll be poor... We'll be poor...
C P B
We'll be poor... We'll be free
Money for nothin'
We'll be poor... We'll be poor...
C P B
We'll be poor... We'll be free
No more easy money for nothin'
We'll be poor... We'll be poor...
No more easy C P B
We'll be poor... We'll be free
No more easy money for nothin'
We'll be poor... We'll be poor...
C P B
We'll be poor... We'll be free
[spoken] Fill out grant forms...
[band fades]