F Dm7
Post office clerks put up signs saying 'Position Closed'
F Dm7
And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats
Bb F C Bb
Janitors padlock the gates for security guards to patrol
F
And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink
C Bb
While the married ones turn on a chat show
F Bb F
And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
F Dm7
'Gentlemen, time please, you know we can't serve any more'
F Dm7
Now the traffic lights change to stop when there's nothing to go
Bb F
And by five' o' clock everything's dead
C Bb
And every third car is a cab,
F
And ignorant people sleep in there beds
C Bb
Like the doped white mice in the college lab
Chorus:
F Bb F Bb
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all:
Dm Bb
The needle returns to the start of the song
C Bb
And we all sing along like before
F Bb F
And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
F C Dm7
Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody there
F Dm7
The Martians could land in the car park and no one could care
Bb F
The close-circuit cameras in department stores
C Bb
Shoot the same movie everyday
F
And the stars of these films neither die nor get killed
C Bb F Gm C
Just to survive constant action replay
Interlude:
G Dm7 G Dm7
F G F G F
F Dm7
Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs
F Dm7
While 'Angry from Manchester' writes to complain about all the repeats on TV
Bb F
And computer terminals report
C Bb
Some gains on the values of copper and tin,
F
While American businessmen snap up Van Goghs
C Bb F Gm C
For the price of a hospital wing