Lucy lights a candle on the island in the kitchen And pulls a fresh ashtray down from the cupboard Ben and I've been back and forth the whole night over music The volume slowly creeping round the suburb and it’s Thursday night in this share house you've hosted for so long Shepherding the students and the addicts Drunk as we descend upon our twenty ninth year living And I don't have to ask if I can stay I'm not a jealous man, but I know that you have Just a little stability And I don't need that whole charade I just want a woman who can take my hand face the void with me Vera stamps my left hand as I stumble t'ward the stairs It's Friday night and I don't have a show The view from in the crowd's something I never gave the hours But where to find the pills I'm sure to know And it’s furry teeth for sunrise while we smoke the taxi rank and the early flight is where I'll find some rest In Marrickville the guest list will include some old good friends Who've yet to tell me all about their wedding Well I'm not a jealous man, but I know that you have Just a little stability And I don't need that whole charade I just want a woman who will take my hand face the void with me Oh, the railway lines through the Delta, They lay upon a restless clay Shifting like the shoulder you're longing to lean on And only getting worse with the rain Oh and it's been a while since I lost her But a muse shouldn't stay put for long Me now, I'm just an imposter With a sound in my head, but no song I'm not a jealous man, but I know that you have Just a little stability Don't need that whole charade I just want a woman who will take my hand face the void with me