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