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
NOW THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS
CHANGE TO STOP
WHEN THERE'S NOTHIN' 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 COLLEGE 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
THE TELEPHONE
EXCHANGES CLICK
WHILE THERE'S NOBODY THERE
THE MARTIANS COULD LAND
IN THE CAR PARK
AND NO-ONE WOULD CARE
THE CLOSED-CIRCUIT CAMERAS
IN DEPARTMENT STORES
SHOOT THE SAME MOVIE
EVERY DAY
AND THE STARS OF THESE FILMS
NEITHER DIE NOR 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 HOARDINGS
ADVERTISE PRODUCTS
THAT NOBODY NEEDS
WHILE ANGRY
FROM MANCHESTER
WRITES TO COMPLAIN ABOUT
ALL THE REPEATS ON T.V.
AND COMPUTER TERMINALS
REPORT SOME GAINS
IN THE VALUES
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
THEY'LL BURN DOWN THE
SYNAGOGUES AT SIX O'CLOCK
AND WE'LL ALL GO ALONG
LIKE BEFORE
AND WE'LL ALL
BE LONELY TONIGHT
AND LONELY TOMORROW