I've got my head down in my books,
I've been reading all weekend,
But I don't learn anything
Because my mind is full of emptiness,
I've less energy than a stick of celery.
And then you call me up, down in Jericho,
To see if I'll go for a drink or two
But I don't want you to see,
What the lonely nights are doing to me,
Bit my fingers to the bone,
And I don't want to hear you say,
You let what happened anyway
'Cos you don't know anything
I was a stronger man than you when I loved Delilah,
With her pants on fire
But then she cut my hair and left me here,
With more inertia than a limpet on the shore
When the tide falls so low I feel like letting go,
Though I should go to my family
But I don't want you to see,
What the lonely nights are doing to me,
Bit my fingers to the bone,
And I don't want to hear you say,
You let what happened anyway
'Cos you don't know anything
And I don't want to hear you say,
You let what happened anyway
'Cos you don't know anything