Most of his clerks put up signs
saying possession closed
And secretaries turn up typewriters
and put on their coat
And janitors padlocked the gate
for security spots of patrol
And bachelors phone up
their friends for a drink
While the married ones
turn on a chat show
And they all feel 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 there's a cab
And ignorant people sleep in their beds
like the dope 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
Low -circuit cameras in
department stores
shoot the same movie every day
And the stars of this film
snipe the dyno bit killed
to survive constant action
replay
An d nothing ever happens
Nothing happens at all
The needle reaches to the
sound of the song
And we all sing along like before
And we'll all be lonely tonight
And lonely tomorrow
And billboarding advertised products
that nobody needs
While angry from Manchester
writes a complaint
about all the repeats on TV
Come to the journal, wrapped in some rain
For the value of copper and tin
While American businessmen
snap up on crops
For the price of a hospital
wing
An d 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 all go along like before
And we'll all be lonely tonight
And lonely tomorrow
And we'll all be lonely tonight
And lonely tomorrow
And we all be lonely tonight
And lonely tomorrow
And we all be lonely tonight
And lonely tomorrow