Nothing Ever Happens
Del Amitri
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CPost office clerks put up signs saying 'Position Am7Closed'
And Csecretaries turn off typewriters and put on their Am7coats
And Fjanitors padlock the Cgates for secGurity guards to patFrol
And Fbachelors phone up their Cfriends for a drink
While the Gmarried ones turn on a Fchat show
And they'll Call be lonely Ftonight and lonely Ctomorrow
'CGentlemen, time please, you know we can't serve any Am7more'
Now the Ctraffic lights change to stop when there's nothing to Am7go
And by Ffive o' clock everything's Cdead
And Gevery third car is a Fcab,
And Fignorant people Csleep in their beds
Like the Gdoped white mice in the Fcollege lab
And Cnothing ever Fhappens, Cnothing happens at Fall:
The Amneedle returns to the Fstart of the song
And we Gall sing along like Fbefore
And we'll Call be lonely Ftonight and lonely Ctomorrow
CTelephone exchanges click while there's G/Hnobody Am7there
The CMartians could land in the car park and no one would Am7care
The Fclose-circuit cameras in Cdepartment stores
Shoot the Gsame movie every Fday
And the Fstars of these films neither Cdie nor get killed
Just surGvive constant action FreplayC/EDmG/H
And Cnothing ever Fhappens, Cnothing happens at Fall:
The Amneedle returns to the Fstart of the song
And we Gall sing along like Fbefore
And we'll Call be lonely Ftonight and lonely Ctomorrow
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And Cbill hoardings advertise products that nobody Am7needs
While 'CAngry from Manchester' writes to complain about Am7all the repeats on TV;
And Fcomputer terminals Creport
Some gains in the Gvalues of copper and Ftin,
While FAmerican businessmen Csnap up Van Goghs
For the Gprice of a hospital FwingC/EDmG/H
And Cnothing ever Fhappens, Cnothing happens at Fall:
The Amneedle returns to the Fstart of the song
And we Gall sing along like Fbefore
And Cnothing ever Fhappens, Cnothing happens at Fall:
They'll Amburn down the synagogues Fat six o'clock
And we'll Gall go along like Fbefore:
And we'll Call be lonely Ftonight and lonely Ctomorrow