Post office clerks
put up signs saying
position closed
And secretaries
turn off typewriters
and put on
their coats
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
nothing to go
And by 5 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
Close-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
on 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
Nothing ever
happens
Nothing happens
at all
They'll burn down
the synagogues
at 6 o'clock
And we'll all go
along like before
And we'll all be
lonely tonight and
lonely tomorrow