Jackie Four

In the spring light, I open the door, see what’s on the line, it's cold for the season, sons and daughters, look to their freedom, out on the Neap tide, a bitter truth’s sought, they ask me why, I’ve brought them here, sunshine over the port, sick of being, without a dime, as if they’ve been caught, in my policy drive, they believe, I’m heading for the slaughter, like a guilty plea, but every walk of life, ends overwrought, maybe my wife, will tell them the score.

Jack Three

Each year makes me a liar, will anyone see, the gaps between my hair, sometimes just a little shove, makes it heaven’s dream, even if you don’t feel love, terribly hard chairs, don’t make it seem, they can accommodate me there, get dressed with a shrug, what about my teeth, grace comes with a rug, act like I don't care, scrubbed sparkling clean, I sail through the air, Joe’s my new Bud, he might rescue everything, rise each night in flood, it's only fair, when evening turns green, take what you dare, it's not me who screams.

Jack Two

When you start to say, I like to dance alone, Just give me a break, sit by the fire, don't go on, you’re not a player, not a second to waste, it's lonely on stones, so far from home, listen on the wire, the bed’s long gone, to calm all desires, bring us this day, not a long silent groan, followed by a hooray, we are not Sapphires, who can ever atone, drawn to the pyre, it'll be our holiday, where we come from, won't be too late, the stuff we’ve done.

Naeve Three

You used to be fine, to drink for fun, a laugh bigger than wine, no need for tea, humour lachrymose, jokes your repartee, now that you find, hearing water run, after the wind, is rain start to cease, stuff carries on, with that certainty, to speak when it’s right, never one to lump, what keeps for a while, until it is steeped, hidden from the sun, lost to our dreams, where is the line, the love that runs, bathed in time, to all that is gone?

Jack

Who will break the news, struggling to escape, at the stuff you blew, no horizon's bright, if you leave a stain, and you're always right, to make life a curfew, frightened of the waves, don’t know what to do, it’s nearly time, hear a donkey bray, you sit by the fire, before sunrise due, tears seep away, no one can reach you, ever wondered why, people pine for the day, long silent nights, if your moment’s true, love will find a way, rain falls on the roof, it’ll all be OK.

Naeve Two

Take the love you know, float it on the tide, sail it like a boat, drained by winter's blues, before you pass on by, the lovers that you threw, caught up in a cyclone, you’re going to be a bride, say you have to go, you will make it through, a heart needs to fly, beats this river crew, seeping through my bones, the wind rides out at night, breaking on the shore, all we ever lose, is sitting by your side, is he part of you, you always have to slow, catch another's smile, don’t think that you're alone, drinking holy wine

Naeve

Look up passed the road, try to look kind, a smile in your bones, the stars show the way, a cold white light, you're back here to stay, no need for a loan, you've walked the miles, what you don't own, there’ll be no claims, your face alive, you know what to save, through broken windows, your face ashine, for that other show, future days, won't burn out the fire, from being away, so there you go, you're home this time, before the cock crows, no longer a child.