Nothing Ever Happens Lyrics - Hatful Of Rain: The Best Of Del Amitri - Del Amitri

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 theyll all be lonely tonight 

And lonely tomorrow 

Gentlemen, time please 

You know we cant serve anymore 

Now the traffic lights change to 'Stop' 

When theres nothing to go 

And by five Oclock everythings 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 well all be lonely tonight 

And lonely tomorrow 

Telephone exchanges click 

While theres nobody there 

The Martians could land in the car park 

And no one would care 

Close-circuit cameras in department stores 

Shoot the same video 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 well 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 

And nothing ever happens 

Nothing happens at all 

Theyll burn down the synagogues at six oclock 

And well all go along like before 

And well all be lonely tonight 

And lonely tomorrow