D# Cm Post office clerks put up signs saying position closed D# Cm And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats G# D# Janitors padlock the gates A# Cm For security guards to patrol G# D# And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink A# G# While the married ones turn on a chat show D# G# D# And theyʼll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow D# Cm Gentlemen time please you know we canʼt serve any more D# Cm Now the traffic lights stop when theres nothing to go G# D# And by five o clock everythings dead A# Cm And every third car is a cab G# D# And ignorant people sleep in there beds A# Cm Like the dope white mice in the college lab Chorus: D# G# D# G# Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all Cm G# The needle returns to the start of the song A# G# And we all sing along like before D# G# D# And weʼll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow D# Cm Telephone exchanges click while theres nobody there D# Cm The martians could land in the car park and no-one would care G# D# Close-circuit cameras in department stores A# Cm Shoot the same movie every night G# D# And the stars of these films neither died nor get killed A# Cm Just to survive constant action replay Chorus: D# G# D# G# Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all Cm G# The needle returns to the start of the song A# G# And we all sing along like before D# G# D# And weʼll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow Fm Cm Fm Cm F7 D# F7 D# D# Cm Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs D# Cm While angry from Manchester writes to complain about all the repeats on tv G# D# And computer terminals report some gains A# Cm On the value of copper and tin G# D# While American businessmen snap up van Goths A# Cm For the price of a hospital wing Chorus: D# G# D# G# Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all Cm G# The needle returns to the start of the song- A# G# And we all sing along like before D# G# D# G# Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all Cm G# Theyʼll burn down the synagogues at six o clock A# G# And weʼll all go along like before D# G# D# And weʼll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
