Nothing Ever Happens
Justin Currie
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 bachelors phone up their Ffriends for a drink
While the Cmarried ones turn on a Bchat show
And they'll Fall be lonely toBnight and lonely toFmorrow
FGentlemen, time please, you know we can't serve anyDm7more
Now the Ftraffic lights change to stop, when there's nothing to Dm7go
And by Bfive o'clock everything'sF dead
And Cevery third car is a Bcab
And ignorant people Fsleep in their beds
Like the Cdoped white mice in the Bcollege lab
And Fnothing ever Bhappens,F nothing happens at Ball
The Dmneedle returns to the Bstart of the song
And we Call sing along like beBfore
And we'll Fall be lonely toBnight and lonely toFmorrow
FThe telephone exchanges click while there's C/Enobody Dm7there
The FMartians could land in the car park
And no one would Dm7care
BThe close-circuit cameras in Fdepartment stores
Shoot the Csame movie every Bday
And the stars of these films neither Fdie nor get killed
Just surCvive constant action reBplayF/AGmC/E
And Fnothing ever Bhappens,F nothing happens at Ball
The Dmneedle returns to the Bstart of the song
And we Call sing along like beBfore
And we'll Fall be lonely toBnight and lonely toFmorrow
GDm7GDm7FGF/AG/HF/C
And Fbill holdings advertise products that nobody Dm7needs
While Fangry from Manchester writes
To complain about Dm7all the repeats on T.V.
AndB computer terminals Freport
Some gains in the Cvalues of copper and Btin
While American businessmen Fsnap up Van Goghs
For the Cprice of a hospital BwingF/AGmC/E
And Fnothing ever Bhappens,F nothing happens at Ball
The Dmneedle returns to the Bstart of the song
And we Call sing along like beBfore
And Fnothing ever Bhappens,F nothing happens at Ball
They'll Dmburn down the synagogues Bat six o'clock
And we'll Call go along like beBfore
And we'll Fall be lonely toFsus4night and lonely toFmorrow