Nothing Ever Happens
Del Amitri
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FPost office clerks put up signs saying 'Position Dm7Closed'
And Fsecretaries turn off typewriters and put on their Dm7coats
And Bjanitors padlock the Fgates for secCurity guards to patBrol
And Bbachelors phone up their Ffriends for a drink
While the Cmarried ones turn on a Bchat show
And they'll Fall be lonely Btonight and lonely Ftomorrow
'FGentlemen, time please, you know we can't serve any Dm7more'
Now the Ftraffic lights change to stop when there's nothing to Dm7go
And by Bfive o' clock everything's Fdead
And Cevery third car is a Bcab,
And Bignorant people Fsleep in their beds
Like the Cdoped white mice in the Bcollege lab
And Fnothing ever Bhappens, Fnothing happens at Ball:
The Dmneedle returns to the Bstart of the song
And we Call sing along like Bbefore
And we'll Fall be lonely Btonight and lonely Ftomorrow
FTelephone exchanges click while there's C/Enobody Dm7there
The FMartians could land in the car park and no one would Dm7care
The Bclose-circuit cameras in Fdepartment stores
Shoot the Csame movie every Bday
And the Bstars of these films neither Fdie nor get killed
Just surCvive constant action BreplayF/AGmC/E
And Fnothing ever Bhappens, Fnothing happens at Ball:
The Dmneedle returns to the Bstart of the song
And we Call sing along like Bbefore
And we'll Fall be lonely Btonight and lonely Ftomorrow
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And Fbill hoardings advertise products that nobody Dm7needs
While 'FAngry from Manchester' writes to complain about Dm7all the repeats on TV;
And Bcomputer terminals Freport
Some gains in the Cvalues of copper and Btin,
While BAmerican businessmen Fsnap up Van Goghs
For the Cprice of a hospital BwingF/AGmC/E
And Fnothing ever Bhappens, Fnothing happens at Ball:
The Dmneedle returns to the Bstart of the song
And we Call sing along like Bbefore
And Fnothing ever Bhappens, Fnothing happens at Ball:
They'll Dmburn down the synagogues Bat six o'clock
And we'll Call go along like Bbefore:
And we'll Fall be lonely Btonight and lonely Ftomorrow