Nothing ever happens - Del Amitri

[G] Post office clerks put up signs saying position cl[Em]osed
And [G] secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their [Em]coats
J[C]anitors padlock the g[G]ates for se[D]curity guards to pa[C]trol
And bachelors phone up their f[G]riends for a drink
While the m[D]arried ones turn on a c[C]hat show
And they'll [G]all be lonely ton[C]ight and [D]lonely to[G]morrow

[G]Gentlemen time please, you know we can't serve anym[Em]ore
Now the [G]traffic lights change to stop, when there's nothing to g[Em]o
And by [C]five o'clock everything's d[G]ead
And [D]every third car is a c[C]ab
And ignorant people s[G]leep in their bed
Like the [D]doped white mice in the [C]college lab

[G]Nothing ever [C]happens, [G]nothing happens at [C]all
The n[Em]eedle returns to the [C]start of the song
And we [D]all sing along like be[C]fore
And we'll [G]all be lonely to[C]night and l[D]onely tom[G]orrow

Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody there
The Martians could land in the carpark and no one would care
Close-circuit cameras in department stores
Shoot the same movie everyday
And the stars of these films neither die nor get killed
Just survive constant action replay

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

Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs
While angry from Manchester writes to complain about all the repeats on TV
And 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

Nothing ever ...