C# A#m Post office clerks put up signs saying position closed C# A#m And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats F# C# Janitors padlock the gates G# A#m For security guards to patrol F# C# And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink G# F# While the married ones turn on a chat show C# F# C# And theyʼll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow C# A#m Gentlemen time please you know we canʼt serve any more C# A#m Now the traffic lights stop when theres nothing to go F# C# And by five o clock everythings dead G# A#m And every third car is a cab F# C# And ignorant people sleep in there beds G# A#m Like the dope white mice in the college lab Chorus: C# F# C# F# Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all A#m F# The needle returns to the start of the song G# F# And we all sing along like before C# F# C# And weʼll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow C# A#m Telephone exchanges click while theres nobody there C# A#m The martians could land in the car park and no-one would care F# C# Close-circuit cameras in department stores G# A#m Shoot the same movie every night F# C# And the stars of these films neither died nor get killed G# A#m Just to survive constant action replay Chorus: C# F# C# F# Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all A#m F# The needle returns to the start of the song G# F# And we all sing along like before C# F# C# And weʼll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow D#m A#m D#m A#m D#7 C# D#7 C# C# A#m Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs C# A#m While angry from Manchester writes to complain about all the repeats on tv F# C# And computer terminals report some gains G# A#m On the value of copper and tin F# C# While American businessmen snap up van Goths G# A#m For the price of a hospital wing Chorus: C# F# C# F# Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all A#m F# The needle returns to the start of the song- G# F# And we all sing along like before C# F# C# F# Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all A#m F# Theyʼll burn down the synagogues at six o clock G# F# And weʼll all go along like before C# F# C# And weʼll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
