nothing ever happens around here
NOTHING EVER HAPPENS 'ROUND HERE
nothing ever happens around here
been waiting round for summer, don’t think that it’s coming this year
there’s no one on the street after the sun goes down
there’s no one in their right mind living in this town
nothing ever happens around here
traffic lights change for no one in the night
and the streetlights dot the pavement with halos of eerie blue light
truck drivers pass up vacant signs at empty hotels
just a ghost town oasis on the way to somewhere else
nothing ever happens around here
every day is just another day in my life
seems I’m working my life away just trying to survive
I’m gonna leave this little town that’s what I’m gonna do
got a wife that don’t love me, I’m gonna leave her too
cause nothing ever happen around here
refrain:
and everybody in the city trying to make it to the top of the hill
the whole world is spinning round and round and here time just stands still
I’m gonna go to the city where the bright lights shine
yes I’m gonna move to the city, I’ve made up my mind
cause this is just a place to grow old and die
that’s what most of ‘em do here and never ask why
that nothing ever happens round here
(original last verse)
tomorrow morning I’m gonna quit my job
load up my pistol and find me a station to rob
I’m gonna gas up my car and drive right out of this town
anybody tries to stop me I might shoot ‘em down
(revised for out back records publishing in 2000)
tomorrow morning I’m gonna quit my job
load up my suitcase with the dreams I’ve had robbed
I’m gonna gas up my car and drive right out of this town
just one look in the rearview and it’s see ya round
nothing ever happens round here