No Action Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I don't wanna kiss you, I don't wanna touch
I don't wanna see you 'cause I don't miss you that much
I'm not a telephone junkie
I told you that we were just good friends
But when I hold you like I hold that Bakelite in my hands

[Chorus]
There's no action (no, no, no, there's no action)
There's no action (no, no, no, there's no action)
There's no action (no, no, no, there's no action)
Every time I phone you, I just wanna put you down

[Verse 2]
He's got the keys to the car
They are the keys to the kingdom
He's got everything you need
It's a shame that he didn't bring them
I'm not a telephone junkie
If I'm inserting my coin, I'm doing just fine
Then the things in my head start hurting my mind
And I think about the way things used to be
Knowing you're with him is driving me crazy
Sometimes, I phone you when I know you're not lonely
But I always disconnect it in time

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[Chorus]
There's no action (no, no, no, there's no action)
There's no action (no, no, no, there's no action)
There's no action (no, no, no, there's no action)
Every time I phone you, I just wanna put you
Every time I phone you, I just wanna put you
Every time I phone you, I just wanna put you down

There's no action (no, no, no, there's no action)
There's no action (no, no, no, there's no action)
There's no action (no, no, no, there's no action)
Every time I phone you, I just wanna put you down

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Genius Annotation

For this song, the band was channeling The Who. That’s the sound they were going for. Both Elvis Costello and Bruce Thomas have said this in interviews. Yet the album , This Years Model, overall, was largely a reference to The Rolling Stones album Aftermath.