Anne Haigis Nothing Ever Happens Lyrics

Nothing Ever Happens Lyrics

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