And secretaries turn off typewriters
And janitors pipe lock the gates
for security guards to patrol
And bachelors phone up their
And they'll all be lonely tonight
you know we can't serve any more
Now the traffic lights change
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 dog -white mice in a college lab
The needle returns to the
and we all sing along like be fore
And we'll all be lonely tonight
Telephone exchanges click
when there's nobody there
The maskings could land in the car park
shoot the same movie every day
And the stars of these films
just to vie constant action re play
And nothing ever happens,
The needle returns to the
and we all sing along like before
And we'll all be lonely tonight
And Bill Holden's advertised products
While angry from Manchester writes
to complain about all the repeats on TV
And computer terminals re
of the values of copper and zinc
While American businessmen
for the price of a hospital wing
And nothing ever happens,
and we all sing along like before
Then burn down the synagogues
And we'll all sing along like before
And we'll all be lonely tonight
