No Action

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 There's no action There's no action There's no action Everytime I phone you, I just wanna put you down 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 And the things in my head start hurtin' 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 There's no action There's no action There's no action Everytime I phone you, I just wanna put you Everytime I phone you, I just wanna put you Everytime I phone you, I just wanna put you down There's no action There's no action There's no action Everytime I phone you, I just wanna put you down

No Action Written by Elvis Costello Performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions Produced by Nick Lowe Musicians Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass Pete Thomas - drums Recorded November 1977-January 1978, Eden Studios, London Released March 17, 1978 Albums This Year's Model, 1978 Collections 2½ Years, 1993 Rock And Roll Music, 2007 Promos Our Aim Is True, 1978 Length 2:01 First known performance:  July 21, 1977, Manchester, England      (216 known performances) Alternate versions No Action (Early Version) Performed by Elvis Costello Produced by Nick Lowe Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar Andrew Bodnar - bass Steve Goulding - drums Recorded May 1977, Pathway Studios, London Released August 21, 2001 Albums My Aim Is True (Rhino/Edsel reissue), 2001 My Aim Is True: Deluxe Edition, 2007 Promos Selections From My Aim Is True, Spike, And All This Useless Beauty, 2001 Length 2:15 No Action (Live 1977) Performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass Pete Thomas - drums Recorded August 7, 1977, London, England Released September 11, 2007 Albums My Aim Is True: Deluxe Edition, 2007 Length 2:31 No Action (Live 1978) Performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass Pete Thomas - drums Recorded February 28, 1978, Washington, DC Released March 4, 2008 Albums This Year's Model: Deluxe Edition, 2008 Length 2:28

Chords

Tacet					      E  B
I don't wanna kiss you. I don't wanna touch.
E			        B			   E	  B
I don't wanna see you 'cause I don't miss you that much.
	  A	      E	 
I'm not a telephone junkie.
   A	    E		A     E	    B
I told you that we were just good friends.
	     A 	          E          A          E        A	E    B			
But when I hold you like I hold that bakelite in my hands,

                   E		B
There's no action,
	      C#m	G#m	
there's no action, 
	      A		F#m	
there's no action.
B	      E        B		        A/E E/B B	
Everytime I phone you, I just wanna put you down.

E			                 B			   E	  B
He's got the keys to the car. They are the keys to the kingdom.
             E			     B			         E	  	B
He's got ev’rything you need. It's a shame that he didn't bring them.
	  A	       E	      	   A                 E 	A       E     B	
I'm not a telephone junkie. If I'm inserting my coin I'm doing just fine.
	  A	        E	      	 A        E    B	
And the things in my head start hurtin' my mind.
         A 	         E                A         E 
And I think about the way things used to be,
A	                   E         A              E			
Knowing you're with him is driving me crazy.
A                  E                         A                       E    
Sometimes I phone you when I know you're not lonely,
        F#m                             B  
But I always disconnect it in time.

There's no action, 
there's no action, 
there's no action.
Ev’rytime I phone you, I just wanna put you, 
Ev’rytime I phone you, I just wanna put you, 
Ev’rytime I phone you, I just wanna put you down.

There's no action, there's no action, there's no action.
Everytime I phone you, I just wanna put you down

Translation

• No Action (français)

Internal links

• Elvis Costello Home Page: This Year's Model  •  lyrics  •  chords  •  TYM info page  •  Rykodisc/Demon TYM reissue info page
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External links

• Elvis Costello Reissues: This Year's Model