Nothing Ever Happens Lyrics

Anne Haigis Nothing Ever Happens

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