I used to listen to this song decades ago and have always thought about the last line. Always thought that shit will never happen again. I'm not so sure anymore.
 
	Post office clerks put up signs saying "Position Closed" 
	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" 
	Now the traffic lights 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 college 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 
	Closed-circuit cameras in department stores 
	Shoot the same movie every day 
	And the stars of these films neither die nor 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 hoardings advertise products that nobody needs 
	While "Angry from Manchester" writes to complain about all the repeats on TV 
	Computer terminals report some gains in the values 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 
	They'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock 
	And we'll all go along like before 
	And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow