Nothing Ever Happens Lyrics - Singles - Anne Haigis

Post office clerks put up signs saying "position closed" 

And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats 

And Janitors padlock the gates 

For security guards to patrol 

And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink 

While the married ones turn on a chat show 

And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow 

Gentlemen time please you know we can't serve anymore 

The traffic light change to stop when there's nothing to go 

And by five o'clock everything's dead 

And every third car is a cab 

And ignorant people sleep in their beds 

Like the doped white mice in the collage lab 

And nothing ever happens 

Nothing happens at all 

The needle returns to the start of the song 

And we all sing along like before 

And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow 

Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody there 

The Martians could land in the car park and no one would care 

Close circuit cameras in department stores 

Shoot the same movie every day 

And the stars of these films neither die or get killed 

Just survive constant action replay 

And nothing ever happens 

Nothing happens at all 

The needle returns to the start of the song 

And we all sing along like before 

And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow 

And bill boarding advertise products that nobody needs 

While angry from Manchester writes to complain about 

All the repeats on TV 

Computer terminals report some gains 

For the value of copper and tin 

While American businessmen snap up Van Goghs 

For the price of a hospital wing 

And nothing ever happens 

Nothing happens at all 

The needle returns to the start of the song 

And we all sing along like before 

And nothing ever happens 

Nothing happens at all 

The'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock 

And we all go along like before 

And we'll all be lonley tonight and lonely tomorrow 

And we'll all be lonley tonight and lonely tomorrow