Kieron to Johhny

What you can't find, makes you think again, wrap up more twine, don't go alone, there's too much pain, stay to your own, you hear of time, standing in the rain, saying everything's fine, drenched to the bone, you're no angel, in your chef’s clothes, why try to disguise, each day brings a claim, you still roll the dice, don't trust the telephone, it ruins the game, love's got no real home, just take the 79, to catch a fast train, dance a different jive, get away from this place.

Kieron

Gone is the time, that stares straight at you, your Ma's real crime, doesn’t make it easy, what she can’t go through, nothing that pleases, clothes cashmere fine, won’t stamp out her blues, each hint of July, she doesn’t do breezy, why disguise the truth, hates the way you speak, the time you spent inside, uses it like a tool, to sharpen her mind, you shake the car keys, act like her mule, each day is no Odyssey, you’re just in line, to catch more sad tunes, drink that sweet wine, see who’s the fool.

Diane Three

You can swear and blow, it's never too late, if you want to come home, no need to face ruin, or worry about an escape, you're no one's fool, a rolling stone, at some broken gate, luck's when it rolls, it better come soon, drunk on the waves, everything about you, is close to the bone, you'll survive the blues, who’s not alone, don’t mind their looks, you'll always need loans, from careful types, you're too cool to roam, nothing else to gain, no knife to your throat, love’s no rebate.

Diane Two

You're never a girl, that curses and blasts, your mind in a whirl, face like a stone, when you’re half-assed, it's best you count now, don't wear your furs, for men who feel trapped, rattle your pearls, they’ll roll you like ghosts, strung to collapse, when lies are your own, your head in a twirl, a scarf worn for Mass, say prayers downstairs, cry on the doorpost, drink tea aghast, ask what you want most, turn that flame down, you cook with gas, your flag unfurled, everything will pass.

Diane

A cracked dirty spoon, offers no insight, or makes you look cool, here in this game, a race for your life, who holds the reins, you act like a fool, cooked over lies, stop what you’re doing, when your eyes feel pain, your brain like a firefly, let others go their way, what makes it so futile, you’re drying inside, face like a lost duel, when someone asks why, you're going insane, don’t show them the knife, or act goody two shoes, pretend to like wine, who needs to be cruel, you'll be fine.

Cassie Three

Why dream of empathy, sitting on a wall, too drunk to speak, enough to raise the stakes, risk being torn, the useless dates we make, I wait for the seasons, with my crown of thorns, giving up on reason, kids about the place, being cast forlorn, I have to act brave, don’t look at me diseased, like you’ve been caught, pissing in the sea, lend a hand that shakes, absence your only call, understand why I hesitate, this is not really me, jellied to the core, a flower of deep tranquility, no one ever loved.

Cassie Two

She would scream around you, demand another loan, say everything’s bad news, sunlight, water, she’s high, like some candy floss cone, God knows make it right, she walks the avenue, her daisy head blown, she paints me lemon blue, throws craps every night, she’ll break my bones, never mind the fights, when she cries for truth, she is never alone, can't be bothered to argue, what's worse is the silence, all that's gone to ruin, me, my ma, her spites, will always seek their due, roll up and down the stones, leaves me here to stew, never coming home.