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"
 Now the traffic lights 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 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
 Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody there
 The Martians could land in the car park and no one would care
 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 TV
 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