Post office clerk puts up signs saying "Position closed" 邮局职员架起的招牌，上书“全关位置”

And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats 和秘书关闭打字机，换上自己的衣服

Janitors padlock the gate for security guards to patrol 校工挂锁门的保安人员巡逻

And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink 和单身汉打电话了自己的朋友喝酒

While the married ones turn on a chat show 而已婚的人打开一个聊天秀

They will all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow 他们都将成为今夜寂寞和孤独的明天

And nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all 和什么事也没发生，什么都不会发生在所有

The needle returns to the start of the song 针返回到歌曲的开始

And we all sing along like before 大家都跟着唱像以前一样

And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow 我们都会寂寞，今晚和明天的孤独

Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody there 电话交换机点击而有没有人有

The Martians could land in the car park and no one would care 火星可能降落在停车场，没有人会在意

Closed circuit cameras in department stores 百货公司闭路摄像机

Shoot the same movies every day 每天都拍同样的电影

And the stars of these films neither die or get killed 而这些电影的明星既不是死亡或被杀

Just survive constant action replay 只是不断的生存动作回放

And nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all 和什么事也没发生，什么都不会发生在所有

The needle returns to the start of the song 针返回到歌曲的开始

And we all sing along like before 大家都跟着唱像以前一样

And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow 我们都会寂寞，今晚和明天的孤独

By five o'clock everything's dead 由五点都死了

And every third car is a cab 每第三辆车是一辆出租车

Ignorant people sleep in their beds 无知的人睡在床上

Like the doped white mice in the college lab 如掺杂白老鼠在大学实验室

And nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all 和什么事也没发生，什么都不会发生在所有

The needle returns to the start of the song 针返回到歌曲的开始

And we all sing along like before 大家都跟着唱像以前一样

And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow 我们都会寂寞，今晚和明天的孤独