Francine

Who knows if she's right, or even if she's skimming, water, sky, sunlight, like the river off Burbo Bank, her smile arrives brimming, where my lonely heart sank, she never leaves a family’s side, but knows her own following, did someone make her cry, her lungs open like a tank, she understands my limits, could undress a ham shank, next to me like a bride, her lips twist for filleting, why constant why, tobacco blonde full of lies, a lover who goes swimming, many a royal night, she dances in the tide, her fame is just beginning, nails me with that smile, fresh, alive, winning.

Jay Two Oh

Signs that say we're done, well before sunset, ashes scattered and gone, god's association dues, our astonished bet, no whispered thank you, fire and distant thunder, why we had to set, the unfettered free amongst us, my tongue is like glue, no matter what the debt, can't count two and two, don't know where we're from, tired of making threats, beyond our daily stone, these are not our blues, the houses that we let, fighting over what to do, how my world slumbers, somewhere there's a jet, night winds sing a number, my arms hold her yet.

Jay

Your smile makes me prance, a fear of being caught, by your smart chit chat, take all the chaff, you show around the course, smoke and look daft, what others have found, singing myself hoarse, is what you call balance, they might just dance, but you rake me worse, with your faded flowers, you hold my hand and ask, is this what we're taught, sip whisky from a flask, tell me forget the past, you know about horses, how to turn them out, why not take a chance, forget whose been bought, come with me to France, those lovely waters.

Peta Four

A cold wind blows, it strokes a fear, citizen comrades in the know, pearl doves arch above, nothing else is so dear, tell me truths of love, money for work clothes, smile like a seer, there are no bad tones, is my vision so blown, you need to be clear, a lifetime left to hone, along weather zones, you won't worry who’s near, we are never alone, fly to those who give, fresh linen and eau de cologne, always let them live, you wear lipstick for show, millions kill the years, try to steer the soul, eliminate frozen tears.

Peta Three

Who needs a shrink, but a lover somehow, and a little drink, all might the day own, in a village full of clowns, on fields full of stones, I know what you think could never hold a plough, but a secure unit's zinc, on display for the town, shows what I've sown, outrage now I'm gone, I teeter on the brink, though a whole summer down, walk and gargle and stink, they'll ship me now, face like an ice rink, body weight of a cow, my politics dull pink, heat shines off my brow, it's safer in the clink, to shut off the sorrow.

Peta Two

What might have been, it's just not fair, for a life of ease, you gave me no clue, are you that aware, to run from virtue, bowing to a bad dream, your eyes flared, you single out a scream, tell me the truth, my positions slurred, do you need more proof, to drink on sad evenings, would you not care, if I danced a treat, look at me I muse, is it my thin hair, don't sing me the blues, can you love my new teeth, do you think you dare, the way I aim to be, make you scared?

Peta

Your star is coming home, besides a police cone, in shelters you lie prone, why whisper love, on throwaway 'phones, ravaged face like a moon, saints show their bones, a poem to massage your soul, it makes you drink alone, pearl doves arc above, a lifetime listening to moans, fly to those who give, fresh linen and eau de cologne, leaves you on the ropes, you wear a green raincoat, you are not alone, millions come and go, trying to find a home, luminous as a frozen stone, shining beneath the credit zones, search a road called hope, before you take a loan.

Don Two

I'm not your drip, nor the big sea, the yellow light hid, ask about my lovers, with all their surly deeds, they haven't got my number, what I crave to live, as if it fits your creed, is a series of limits, that edge of wonder, being witness to believe, my high heeled mother, stones flowers pieces of drift, knowing its enough to see, what is in my gift, to enslave or encumber, a lifetime of greed, the peace of sweet slumber, would you leave me in sin, a lifetime of weeds, is it all spinning fibs, that gives me the need?

Don

Face down terrible claims, no star can refuse, your outrageous Dames, you who wonder Why, the lordly canons of virtue, feel those cotton stripes, but this's no game, TV's blare fake news, chasing the days, around your lies, your trinkets spin the blues, for all that crass disguise, hardships on the way, what is there to rue, hit them on the make, only fools rearrange, with someone like you, you're tired of catching 'planes, especially on parade, better face the Doo Doo, eyes looking strange, go easy on what's true.

Corys Three

When bells ring out the night, will you make your mark, like a song beseeches why, the land’s within sight, a warm embrace by dark, gives me your sweet sign, dusk falls in green light, our lives leap near the Bar, say you not a Sprite, when Americans fight, hold lovers in their arms, or on mountains bikes, your Diva's fame declines, the price near or far, from many a famous night, like a sea of pure delight, your smile cuts through tar, beams like a searchlight, you left a family’s side, but sing like a Lark, a woman who knows her rights, and hangs by the stars.

Corys Two

Take life by the horns, it's not a place of ease, pray to all you know, it's not defined by flaws, or other things diseased, scream just because, your love’s on the floor, stay your almond eyes plead, bells ring out the score, make our lives more, don’t pretend it’s free, keep within the law, if you have to go, it's all right with me, just quietly close the door, hoping all we call upon, is always meant to be, in this constant roar, always time to talk more Blues you can cheat, but with these hormones, who needs the sea?

Corys

Why pay a heavy score, almond eyes ruined, when love gets raw, if you feel my bones, drip like a scalded tune, you know what you've done, live life all the more, leave me here to stew, pray to a broken tort, why dedicate a home, only fools pay their dues, strung like freeway cones, divide me with perfumed whores, or other things you do, don't scream because, hard acts at this door, warriors live out of tune, who else knows their doomed, break holy orders, drain winter into June, all the stuff you swore, lightning the moon.

Anya Four

The one of you I knew, when life is short, would rage against these Blues, in this consumer light, you leave without a phone, it doesn't make you wise, nothing gives a clue, no print or written tome, your trail is not well used, do they know your plight, or try to stop you go, with your cards so slight, you'll never be a mule, that works to others' tones, put a stop to rules, the one I think I knew, wouldn't let condone, all the stuff we do, so far away from home.

Anya Three

Blows flame across my tears, share jokes in the dust, then disappears, I knew you in Gaol, a blanket for our trust, always cheers me never fails, what brought you here, in the leaden dusk, a woman once so clear, ice blue as the rails, a rider till she's bust, absorbed in all her ways, no one could get near, that spark that never shuts, a Swallow for her experience, haunts me like the deer, I did what I could, smoking a cigarette she appears, I put away the years, her lively face thrust, over mine a laughing beer, perfume like musk.

Anya Two

Say we up our game, see what there is to chance, shuffle the remains, listen to some wounded song, time would never lance, give us a need to belong, watching the rain, sheet down a broken path, why can’t we hail, ease of crowds and throngs, cargo ships and shining France, rooms with dark marks, red lips and white faces, cigarettes to smoke and laughs, wine to sip no disgrace, here we just bumble along, flying by our pants, hoping to right some wrong, a tree and bridge shaking, we shuffle by unlit lamps, kindness passes us waiting, crazed as tramps.

Anya

Since you've been away, we don't know what to do, but each night pray, you break the maddened stone, say it’s all up for you, no one keeps you home, to sleep this time of day, hear you sing the blues, nothing more to say, you say you have to go, to always play the fool, laugh like a bag of stones, the walls have turned grey, Gin is not your ruin, you've eaten all your cake, confined within that space, you've little need of truth, lilac as a snowflake, you sing the joy of praise, see the creep of moon, new horizons are great, you take them as your due.

Sophie Three

Living here's no paradise, it never makes the news, this place isn’t nice, but it could be great stars and sea like glue, stardust on our plate, all we need's a better life, show what we can do, to save us from the spite, our songs still resonate, a feeling without the Blues, won't find a better place, this district is our life, what it holds is true, naked Christmas lights, don’t matter what we create, to sing with our crew, we won’t hesitate, give us these winter nights, where we can live anew, even the way we try, to stay within the loop

Sophie Two

You appear stoned, your picture up in lights, or written on the wall, if love holds true, know which bells to strike, because they all love you, tell me you're not lonely, no matter how we fight, or beat our yellow bones, they call you Miss Fortune, pretty before your time, they don’t see your blues, the screams down a ‘phone, dreaming of paradise, a flame not at home, your big talented soul, that passes within our sights, the wind blows cold, clouds ride black and bold, across the winter fire, you sing less to atone, than sink into rhyme.

Sophie

When you see a shining star, does it make you uneasy, shows you know just how far, but If its children and dogs, just stay as you are, in a warm hazy fog, ship my soul to Shalimar, across the sea of tranquillity, let it cross that bar, it's not what you want, forget the Ferrari, all the stuff you don't, put water in my font, make all my fires decrease, tell me what's going on, I'm like someone from afar, in a film by Spike Lee, music by Billy Maher, singing in a boxcar, that scatters all my needs, ashes on the bar, instead of moon's serenity.

Christhree

I paint like Marcel Duchamp, and walk with weary gait, sense my socks are damp, bring cognac to my table, steaming dishes by measured pace, feed my ravenous frame, I#m no picture to look upon, swaying like a knave, wanting my work done, unshaven waiters, in winter cafes, often watch me faint, women before me claim, with buttered hair on trains, love is just a game, the painting's stuff i crave, museums have a lonely grace, on lone uncertain forays, they shine beneath a lamp, that could be my fame, this small room my last, to forge a name.

Christu

Shadows make strokes, against the falling rain, it shocks me I'm broke, echoes of an empty suitcase, ends another sad holiday, it's no news to me, at St Anthony’s alone, a loss carries no certainty, when you need to loan, songs of a dismal tone, lonely trains, whistle and moan, to beg again, with love gone on 'planes, or down the Freeway, I mark my zones, shades of the infirmary, cradles my bones, I'm a happy soul, reclaimed from the cafes, listen to this joke, one chancer says.

Chris

The year Lady passed away, i couldn't get past the blues, was shrunken day to day, i hated to be alone, to see anyone new, on the street or Metro, but you are an angel, i didn't have a clue, you became my sage, arranged all the loans, brought me into the music crew, put jelly on my bones, before my this game, i only thought of you, and all you create, then you began to play, i hate successful tunes, now it’s a different rage, tell me who are you?

Emma Three

Cocaine is my baby, I accept her burnt cheer, it brings me the cradle, breaks a city of stones, down avenues of tears, misery wears different clothes, love is my trade, handled without fear, a good girl these days, long journey's to the coast, nothing is too dear, except how I flow, I'm never a sideshow, let's make it clear, the nightmare is unknown, and the ashamed, who need all the gear, I'm part of their fame, anyone tries to arraign, don't you be near, with a Gun I won't hesitate, in these turbulent years.

Emma Two

Who hasn't thought, alone and perplexed, thinking of what we’ve bought, over a drink of wine, the burdens of pretext, Birthdays lying supine, what we purchase that's caught, searchlights of the vexed, wonder if it's short, with lovers Online, who will pop up next, ask for my time, generally divorced, light through a dark vest, drunk and overwrought, alone at the shopping mall, I'm abstiminus Rex, will anyone give a call, draw a bundle of noughts, a compatability test, is not to be forced, just like the rest.

Emma

you have such a giving way, you bring me Bollinger, on my birthday, what can we do alone, without this sense, to lives of our own, wine pours down my face, like a Christening, you fire the Angel cake, are we here or gone, without a stitch to spin with, we laugh at the unknown, choose to list or waste, our jellied lives in richness, get called upon to pray, you stumble along the way, like a rhythm of the sea, all the trips we make, on greatest days, awash with forgiveness, are easy to celebrate, your beautiful spirit.

Dave Three

Do you remember the sea, the swell and the spray, our dance of Thebes, now the kids have flown, gone away, looked after own homes, we dance on the beach, at the end of the day, all our loving on Sundays, each part of the gloam, suddenly drained, somehow alone, you grab my feet, guide me to the way, my troubles cease, I'm windblown happy, I hold your face, forget the Vanzetti, catch horizons like these, you wonder why i pray, buy me chips and peas, listen to what I say.

Dave Two

my house is in ruins, roses billow beneath the sky, death didn't bring me truth, all chefs die intestate, however things may lie, it’s better than the Prostate, even God is not immune, when there's love inside, he won't be duped, fire burns in the grate, see them how they cry, anchors guard the plates, it isn't me you fool, standing upright in the tide, seeking out the dunes, all our different blues, we leave out to dry, all my lovers too, they come to say boo hoo, their poisoned eyes alight, a relieved and laughing crew, debts gone on the fly.

Dave

In any place, when you figure it, there's always an Old Lady, while the kitchen shakes, chefs toil in fits, to get a living wage, they’re all on the make, with these new gadgets, that fly around this space, my back is out the race, no hands can fit, around the pain, it spins before my face, like a lover in a launderette, puts me out the game, hangs me on a door frame, music from a tablet, plays again and again, it'd be wrong to say, love doesn’t exist, when my wife and my mate, look like they’ve hit.

Monica Three

Sometimes with the spray, you just don't know, what you have to pay, the same with dough, and other times dates, how they ought to go, just when you say, you need a blow, someone turns up late, how they break your bones, think if you hesitate, you'll get out alone, forget about that other place, sunlit hills come with stones, maybe you'll have to wait, need a downtime not groans, wine to sip and gyrate, around crowded bars to atone, chasing those happy days, listening to the lonely crows, blow cigarettes find a mate, illusions of home.

Monica Two

In a supermarket yard, her lovely face stretched, torn by rain and dark, shining not decent, the trolley leans across, where they take bets, a spirit without a spark, laid there to rest, it's a rare clerk, not put to the test, when clearing this park, to be at their best, she works at Primark, and shops in Netto, but life is so stark, she can never forget them, they didn't soar like larks, near to the convent, if there’s ever a chart, to give us correction, bring food to no marks, we are all vagrants.

Monica the new book of names of 22

Smoking a lucky star, chasing numbers, going out the door ajar, the same calendar, my sister says 'i wonder', she's a great heart, then she bought a car, near the Rotunda, should have seen her park, right from the start, so bewildered, she floors the tar, all in tears our Ma, ten years later, can still hear your laughter, the steppes to me Da, grateful to be a juggler, under oranges in a barn, love forever hungers.

One Two Nine

When you wave ta ra, it sometimes makes me shiver, i die at the bar, then you say you fool and gave a little quiver I'll be back soon what you tell is rotten, stories of ports and rivers, from your battered car, your image's just a spool, tales all delivered, bottles, tar, tidal wool, a bravura from afar, between passage as my lover, left as a reminder scar, to forget me when i drool, for somewhere a tide remembered, when you drain the pool, trust the lands of la la, or say love’s your ember, Santa Fe, Kobe, Antofagasta, somewhere you'll go under.

One Two Eight

Don't leave with someone else, from this house of killers, telling lies seal your debts, will you spell out why, you are at your limit, can't even face the sky, have me lie re credit, leavened of my spirit, perish that awful test, to be like a child, bones of saints for relics, left untended enlightened, loved only by my friends, a course in middle distance, while my tears are spent, hear a blessing in my cry, show concern at every instant, escape by a flash of sight, rejoice with hidden incense, take decisions teeth gritted, thank me for your absence, go away this minute.

One Two Seven

Here's the question, why on a secret phone, you don't hear my request, if there's no case, to your creaking bones, why walk away, you suffer whispers, in hushed magenta tones, yet lightly still trespass, don't blame me, for taking the loans, i'm the one that's steady, why are you like this, flushed as a trombone, to escape their insouciance, your voice sounds great, no one really condones, a quiet line of hate, be careful at inquests, a face blue as bone, unknown bitter cigarettes, you smoke as your own.

One Two Six

You consider my duress, and want me for your needs, spit saliva at the crest. what is it you do, when you're ill at ease, do you hail a tribune, children left without success, this office is your creed, you only crave excess, sobbing with fake news, power is your creed, across this shining avenue, my dreams struggle to confess, of wine dark waters deep, pray sometimes for a rest, you want no excuse, to see the wounds of history, a turtled mound of refuse, this water is far too fresh, to bathe and drink all evening, love me like the best, let me taste the sea.

One Twenty Five

God is my breakfast test, summer within a lover's storm, don't i feel blessed, smiling dangerously, with her failing lymphoma, the troubles start with me, howling with tremendous zest, her complaints grow enormous, like some ferocious beast, she’s a lightning seed, for horrors that are brightly worn, her own epiphany, please give it a rest, this thunderous performance, i'm not at my best, before even Dejeuner, music rises like a claw, a fist inside says serendipity, is this the palimpest, to act like never born, my own litmus test, we dance around the floor.

One Two Four

My vision comes too late, not so easy to squeeze, what I need to say, you boil at my thunder, exploding like a tree, lost in luck or numbers, you'll find out one day, if you let me keep, plans you’ve thrown away, a life uncluttered, my insides screech, who needs love, I'm not cut out this way, for a cowards retreat, or bound fast to the day, it makes you wonder, stones, graves, wreaths, who splits who asunder, memories of your face, are not there to please, the perfume of your gait, steals away from me.

One Two Three

Some nights I ask why, other times no, why stars make me cry, might as well be Space, that marks our credit zone, we're out so late, you come into my sight, the wind is black and cold, then you're gone again, if kids and dogs are great, then why go roaming, stay who you are, wake up and smile Hey, make a place call it home, flame starts with a light, if you hear me cascade, shout down a broken phone, don’t hesitate, no matter how late, to strain our hungry bones, we're only chasing sky, not to be alone.

One TwoTwo

It's useless to hesitate, the knife's to the bone, it always strikes too late, never safe to heed, where I've been going, no one makes me plead, always leave the way, I can slay my ghosts, no matter what their taste, say sayonara to that scene, they‘ll leave me alone, my turn now to bleed, it leaves me delicate, a tune with broken tones, sealed in a shipping crate, but it’s not my creed, when you leave home, you want to succeed, the moon is llke paper, it knows what I've done, the wind on the plates, fire to understand.

One Two One

A smile on her face, she says carry on, I can’t turn away, a horizon once bright, she navigates with stones, feels that it's right, maybe take a train, like a love that's gone, it once came this way, the picture's not kind, she can cry but won't, it’s no place to fight, why do thoughts work this way, she’ll never understand, here on the plain, within a harvest light, hardly a sound, under an empty sky, who can ever say, we’re tied to our bones, nothing to gain, by going home.

One Twenty

Parade all the while, when you hit the trail, ride that lonely mile, in your bones, you don't need a stay, to be alone, you left her to die, on your holy grail, said you didn’t have time, can you atone, when love always fails, shame marks your tomes, flip a coin to the sky, talk of hoisting sail, don't worry about style, drink wine from a Jeraboam, covet some desolate mail, throw stones at her ghost, what is it to cry, that finds you this way, you're not going to lie, it’s worse than jail.

One One Nine

A cracked dirty spoon, offers no hindsight, 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 doing what you do, if your eyes feel pain, your brain like a firefly, let others party, what makes it so cruel, you’re dying inside, face like a broken mule, when someone asks why, what you're doing’s insane, don’t show them the knife, or act goody two shoes, pretend to enjoy wine, who needs your rule, you'll be fine.

One One Eight

You could scream could you, when she demands another loan, talk of bad news, god knows, make it right, like some ocean boom, she's on cloud nine, she floats down the avenue, her daisy head is blown, paints you and Ma lemon blue, spinning pennies in the night, she’ll break any curfew, never mind the fights, when she cries for truth, we know she's not alone, can't be bothered to argue, what's worse is the silence, all that's gone to ruin, me, my wife, our niceness, before asking for her due, she reveals a broken home, leaves us here to stew, she'll always break our bones.

One One Seven

Dance a poor man's Blues, sing happy on the wire, always pay your dues, if no one 'phones, when you try to inspire, then go places alone, each little bit of you, is all they desire, don't give them a clue, life isn't a stone, you leave in the fire, why should you atone, for your choice of ruin, play louder than a choir, scream baby play tunes, you know in your bones, when others conspire, you’ll never go home, who brings you news, says who's for hire, you make your own truth, you're not a liar.

One One Six

Chained to your days, can your heart forgive, its greatest ways, best not to moan, or want to rescind, your life as a loan, don’t live in a haze, cowering from the wind, torn like cellophane, you're not alone, to sail with the ships, put meat on your bones, live for today, find love instead, more than just trade, welcome the tone, a lonely heart shifts, you're coming home, when someone says, you don't fit in, there's no perfect way, to know how to give.

One One Five

In darkness and grain blue, please give me a sign, release me of any virtue, it’s not me gone cold, when you bring me news, or others you've told, my tears ask me why, I should cry for you, you hide your goodbyes, a life made bold, by your cock a hoop, makes me suddenly old, your eyes betray constant flight, care is not an issue, neither is your wife, come to me I moan, can’t we light the fuse, you cannot love alone, should I die for you, bells ring out the night, is yours a poor truth, tell me don't lie.

One One Four

His lips twist like knives, he is not forgiving, his eyes sweep river wide, what else is new, bites me when he's sinning, our trips to secret venues, my mother says stay wise, he'll make you do the giving, many a tortured night, our love isn't smooth, I’m tobacco blonde and cry, maybe it's true, maybe she's right, fresh alive and swimming, sunlight, water, sky, he shakes the lifeguard crew, laughter's for the living, his eyes are bright blue, he dances in the tide, his fame is in winning, hails me with that smile, is this our beginning?

One One Three

Keep an eye to trains, don't ever hear them moan, let them show the way, forget what's on your mind, it’s a life of Soul, you're not the lonely kind, singing makes you great, turns us all to stone, hands stray across your face, you won't take fright, pleading like a dope, for any note to find, shoot against the grain, stay out there alone, don't worry who japes, your songs make them kind, think it's you they own, not what's deep inside, bum notes make you late, all you deal's on show, something has to change, where else can you go?

One One Two

Hail a ship for France, say what you want to say, won't get another chance, please let me act true, when life is tamed, you're no fool, face it you're canned, if you let me hail, the wonky dance, tell you what to do, when kindness fails, we’ll make things smooth, don’t look askance, this room's dark pale, a passion prance, something might accrue, nothing more to say, so little left of you, sliding down the scale, you used to make me pant, whirl me around again, let’s go to Paris.

One One One

Beat at my walls, flit amidst the rain, hover at infirmary's door, thank god you’re home, it is to my shame, I always want to roam, what am I doing this for, forever gone by train, I'm not wanted by the law, why can't I atone, dance away the strain, know love is not a loan, you look at my score, your face a savage shade, you’ll soon pay you roar, don't spit on the floor, or screech out the refrain, you're not needed anymore, you always touch the bone, I never want to say, the time is too raw, to face myself again.

One Oh Ten

Some nights i ask why, we can ever atone, stars shine out like fire, might as well be shame, our time in lousy homes, still that far from fame, you gaze within my sight, the wind runs cold, you're gone another time, are kids and dogs your game, then why get stoned, just keep sane, when you hear me cry, don’t leave a hanging phone, it's not enough to sigh, buy some rusty nails, get those jobs done, a house is not a jail, no matter how we fight, or strain our yellow bones, we can do this right, outside the credit zones.

One Oh Nine

Pillows furl beneath the sky, death brings no easy due, even when you lie, who cares what is fake, it comes for you too, even if not to taste something deep inside, not just an ordinary blue, makes you want to scythe, those barriers you make, they say look you fool, who are you to ordinate, however hard you try, love is not immune, don't tell them to apply, dying's when you castigate, something outside of you, whenever you walk away, these troubled nights, that bring bad news, ask a hundred questions why, as if you knew.

One Oh Eight

In the Summer light, you look over the poor, huddled by the security line, it's hot for the season, sons and daughters, share the same freedom, out on the dusty side, a bitter truth’s born, don't need an inquiry, to walk up the gully, lights over the border, sick of being, worry about time, if you'll be caught, in some policy drive, it gives a reason, to head for the slaughter, like a guilty plea, every walk of life, ends here comported, some bring their family, there's only one door.

One Oh Seven

Is it love of rain, or a blown out tyre, that you lean against, shuffling in the gloom, listening to the criers, no one jumps for you, if its a problem look away, they pester you for hire, it's never easy or brave, to do what you do, your eyes seek some tide, it is never blue, an offering to the saved, like an old fish wire, is this what you gave, whispering for someone's due, here's my coat to lie in, my song rings true, it's not defiled by drains, nor the tongue of a liar, the miracle I crave, lies waiting for the pyre.

One Oh Six

We'll let you know, how people up here feel, almost in their bones, that jilted smile's a strain, smothered in this territory, they'll see it anyway, take your time right now, those night's without a key, the river always flows, why not meet the rain, peer in mountain streams, don't have to catch a train, nothing to bestow, like those other crazy schemes, life's no picture show, you’re a long time away, to live within a dream, now face each coming day, you don't have to borrow, to see how you've been, stay and warm your toes, nothing's how it seems.

One Oh five

You scatter my beliefs, like ashes from a car, say it brings serenity, blowout all my pay, what is going on, it's a terrible waste, clinging to the sea, like someone in a bottle, will others set you free, it's a different age, think i'm pretty smart, but still hesitate, it doesn't fill my need, this warm hazy fog, a path from childhood dreams, dancing on the waves, all the stuff you're not, lands among the wreckage, cigarettes aren't good for me, they just leave a scar, holy water in my drink, did you know my Ma ?

One Oh Four

When bells ring out the night, she will make her mark, like a song beseeches why, the land’s within sight, a warm embrace by dark, give me your sweet sign, dusk falls in green light, our lives leap near Trinity Bar, say you won’t be split, when Americans fight, hold lovers in their cars, on mountain bykes, a dancer whose fame decides, is the prize too far, on many a famous night, like a scene of pure delight, a smoky voice in estuary tar, gleams like a searchlight, she never leaves a family’s side, but sings like a Lark, a woman who knows her rights, she's the lucky star.

One Oh Three

Your smile tells me prance, but I fear being caught, by smart tongued chit chat, make all the bean counters, show you around the course, smoke and look around, others have fancied, watch me sing myself hoarse, that you might balance, where dancers have danced, you make me worse, with your faded flowers, hold my hand and ask, is this what we're taught, sipping vodka from a flask, forget the past, you know about horses, how to turn them out, won't you take a chance, forget these losers, come with me to France, there's lovely clear water.

One Oh Two

When you see a fading star, does it make you uneasy, know they're not that far, but If its children and dogs, just stay as you please, in a warm hazy fog, send my ship to Mars, on the sea of Tranquility, if you get that far, or not what you want, forget the Ferrari, and all the stuff you don't, put water in my font, all your fires increased, what the hell's going on, I'm someone from afar, on a bended knee, feel like Ziggy Stardust, singing in a boxcar, that scatters all my needs, blown ashes on the bar, you don't do serenity.

One Oh One

I'll live or die in here, wine isn't cheap, but it takes away fear, before any whispered sigh, or hugs from a boulevardier, it brings me to this night, there's no drama lonely pier, when a wrong's put right, on a road with inner peace, regular as the time, darkness hides my gear, a knife is its own birthright, I've fallen in too deep, to remember previous years, what lies beside the heap, it makes these bricks alive, what I bought so dear, often ask my self why, when the moon seeps, between stars white and clear, I only hear someone creep, and wipe away the tears.

One Hundred

Now you've left home, they say it's your time, where has time gone, you used to believe, it would all be fine, better that you leave, tears lachrymose, are now not so kind, far down the road, jokes your repartee, a way to unwind, now float down the street, wake up to what's done, settle for peace of mind, you carry the stones, rain starts to ease, there's light in the sky, it's over the sea, fix a drink with Coke, it's better than wine, put it in your coat, it hasn't gone Nine.

Ninety Nine

It doesn't take long, look up down the road, to know that you're gone, try to look kind, a smile in your load, the stars show the time, while you keep strong, the soul has windows, to let oout its song, you'll walk the miles, away from home, your face alive, just rolling along, you'll hear the cock crow, to know what's been wrong, if the sun doesn't shine, when away on the blow, nothing stops the fire, so you're not around, hold what you own, you've no need going, or beg for a loan.

Ninety Eight

You don't get much view. from these scenes, or in this kitchen, you arranged the loans, introduced the dancing queens, put jelly on my bones, saw in me something new, on the street or Metro, you were an angel, far away from home, trying hard to catch the breeze, couldn't burn toast, hadn't got a clue, in that 'eighties dream, i only thought of you, wonder where you'll go, or who you'll believe, shake out all I know, your dress is golden blue, i can't see past the trees, am shrunken by my dues, guess i'll always be.

Ninety Seven

When you say 'screw you', make all your troubles light, there's so much more to do, do all chefs die intestate, however much they lie, throwing venom at the plates, come to scream at menus, their eyes a terrible high, a frightened kitchen crew, fire burns around this place, don't tell me how he cries, anchors bind his feet, even God is not immune, debts gone from his eyes, no longer is he duped, wouldn't it be great, to feel his love inside, instead of all this rage, your house beyond the dunes, lying near the tide, will death bring you truth, or hang you out to dry?

Ninety Six

Am i first in line, to capture your Blues, please pass me that wine, you shake the car keys, act like a fool, each day is no Odyssey, that stretch inside, you used like a mule, hasn't sharpened your mind, you don't do easy, why disguise the news, by shooting the breeze, clothes cashmere fine, stamp out your truth, each turn of the dice, now you come to me, what you cannot intuit, as if no one can see, gone is the time, i'll act like a tool, your Pa's the real crime, i'm just not in tune.

Ninety Five

My calling comes too late, it's not easy to squeeze, what I need to say, you recoil at my thunder, exploding like a sneeze, lost by luck or numbers, you'll find out one day, if you let me keep, all the plans you desecrate, a life uncluttered, my insides screech, who needs love, I'm not cut out this way, to beat a cowards retreat, or bound fast to the day, it makes you wonder, stones, graves, wreaths, who splits who asunder, memories that you face, not so eager to please, the perfume on your lace, hides a conceit.

Ninety Four

Wouldn't it be great, to fall like fresh snow, tumble in the rain, say it's not a ruse, a dream of passed night's gone, playing homesick blues, don't worry about gain, at supper ask for bones, stumble on how to pay, forget how much we owe, or the need to show, we'll polish up the jewels, always lie in state, spit upon the loans, celebrate what remains, we can never lose, or say we've been let down, it's only what we do, your earrings hang ornate, in rooms where flowers grow, champagne cognac to chase, it's all ours you know.

Ninety Three

Before anyone knows, you'll have the time, you hear a cock crow, the stars show the way, cold on the stones, you're coming home to stay, no need for a coxcomb, you'll walk the miles, in clothes you don't own, won't make claims, your face alight, in how to be brave, there is no window, your face doesn't shine, no other soul so bright, never mind future days, you're no longer a child, even when you pray, so there you go, it helps to look kind, you're just not a scarecrow, who loves to drink wine.

Ninety Two

Please don't identify, one star is nothing new, between the moon and sky, you could enjoy the view, instead of being cruel, when you're up this high, say it's all right, to rip out the sewer, give lightning a try, you would race the tides, without any fuel, like anger on a wedding night, put it out of mind, give to some other fool, bitter dreams by candlelight, you split this ocean wide, laughter makes it true, juggle before your eyes, why not let perfume, sing a different you, you can dance on wire, doing what we do.

Ninety One

I won't leave you alone, it's a disgrace, throw away those bombs, Oh do it if you must, let's get out of this place, instead of gathering dust, there's just enough gone, to leave a nasty taste, stay away from loans, that's another boss, hasn't got a case, unaware how corrupt, you bought this honeycomb, for a woman that makes, her own County Court, can't hide that she's lost, it's not something fake, you do what you would, on this Blue note, you're not a stepping stone, i know it's me you love, but not by 'phone.

Ninety

Some nights i ask why, other times whoah, stars are out all night, might as well be Space, to mark our credit zone, we're out that late, you come within my sight, the wind is black and cold, then gone another time, if kids and dogs are great, then don't go stoaming, stay just where you are, get up saying Hi, make a place back home, flame starts with a light, when you hear me complain, shout down a broken phone, laugh don't berate, no matter how we fight, or strain our hungry bones, we're only chasing sky, don't want to be alone.

Eighty Nine

My ma stamps the tar, she crumbles, when he buys the car, no pine needles or hay, to keep bursting like lovers, home or away, won't let him cross the arc, he's just trouble, right from the off, a sail on blue waves, with candlelit coveres, is that what he craves, he's ruined her heart, my girl says 'i wonder', if that's only the start, he's not far away, love always hungers, for trips on the train, I still hear me Da, laughing like a juggler, happy he's not barred, our house on the corner.

Eighty Eight

Whoever makes me plead, waves goodbye to dreams, they leave me all alone, consider me gone, not perturbed nor relieved, dancing on my bones, December in warm seas, an Ocean left to grieve, if you believe, when I walked you home, under the lilac trees, my eyes were aglow, another time to bleed, always open to any greed, they ask me the ghosts, sat on bar stools to atone, another broken scene, you never did throw stones, what was once your creed, how you perceive, and tried to cajole, without a hope.

Eighty Seven

It's useless to hesitate, the knife's on the bone, always strikes too late, never safe to heed, where I've been going, whoever makes me plead, always leaves the gate, they say slay my ghosts, can't access our taste, wave goodbye to that scene, they have me all alone, whose turn now to bleed, it leaves me prostrate, a tune with broken tones, sealed in a shipping crate, if this is your creed, when you leave home, then who can succeed, the moon gyrates, it knows what I've seen, the wind in the slates, the fire in the breeze.

Eighty Six

Swallows dust your sisters, forget how to wrangle, those who miss the ship, your search for the free, hangs like an icicle, in songs of the wind, sometimes you kiss, my reclining bangles, in lost bitter promises, so close to the sea, stand and faces or handle, the sometimes night freeze, that makes you laugh guiltless, each line a shenanagle, at a new pointed Ithmus, will you write to me, come back and dandle, is it not to be, why do you insist, that kind of being single, what is there to miss, me on the shingle?

Eighty Five

How my voice is raised, I have no need of you, no one listens summer days, i hate to be alone, trapped by my own curfew, on this street or Metro, but you are an angel, brought me something new, to calm my rage, you arrange the loans, the fellowship do's, put jelly on my bones, before you came, nothing seemed true, this time you've created, when you start to 'phone, turns suddenly new, more than all I know, now you've passed away, can't get past the Blues, am shrunken day to day, around me too much you.

Eighty Four

Coming by train last night, i swore faithfully to Jesus, no more of that all right, a woman from Naples, rocks me easy, says everything's OK, it's a perfect delight, every part she pleases, in her eyes i'm blind, fresh linen and fables, the soul of lost seasons, my wallet on the table, she talks of a writer, called Lisa Passolini, and kisses me quietly, by the garden stable, of Saint Peter's, I see the poor unable, done beg at this site, see what you don't see, many others soar like kites, folded, boxed, serene,

Eighty Three

I don't want to know, if you really believe, I'll sink like stone, fall while you pray, console me with your heat, the house is yours anyway, when you're all alone, will you think of the sea, where no one hears you groan, or listen to you say, as you pour out moans, downtowns brief highway, do you really own, a taste bittersweet, pain in bricks and mortar, you interrogate my case, float wishes on the breeze, who are you to state, I'm only skin and bone, go on then feel free, time that I got going, so much for your creed.

Eighty Two

Love blows warm at night, howls in ancient places, waits for light to decline, when promises are broken, spirits dance their own flame, call out to ancient stones, it will be all right. all you need to say, is just give it time, beyond this war zone, and sacrificial fame, a place we best know, make us laugh in darker climes, no one here's to blame, part of me is dying, do what we can alone, it need not be our shame, rivers rise on their own, please don't turn silent, we'll find home again, return us on the tide, leap at every gain.

Eighty One

If you would only see, what lights my smile, you'd understand deceit, wolves howl at the moon, phrases break like a child, some cloak an open tomb, words thrown ill at ease, lost without their signs, in everything you believe, do they ache for truth, a power beyond my sight, even with your news, love's a bitter feed, always asking why, in whispered prayers of need, a lonely bitter gruel, i'm supposed to consign, with all loss of virtue, before you came for me, they say it isn't right, to carry love across the sea, what catches in my eyes.

Eighty

Sometimes you can play, she'll try but she won't, leads ife like a game, now that's she's tight, she'll navigate alone, only keep what's right, maybe feel again, her winter bones, what'll come this way, like the summer light, with hardly a sound, except a gentle why, live it only one way, bearing her wounds, everyone feels pain, where there's coming night, the same in every war, when peace is in sight, who can ever say, who will stay or fall, it's good to move away, others carry on.

Seventy Nine

A line on her face, says she'll just carry on, simply turn away, a horizon once bright, she navigates alone, feels that it's right, maybe take a train, like the love that's gone, once came around this way, the picture's not kind, she can cry but won't, her sister's place not right, do thoughts work this way, the same as in war, out on the plain, within the harvest light, there's hardly a sound, under an empty sky, who can ever say, someone lights our soul, when we're in pain, or going home.

Seveny Eight

Sit silent at the bar, and see the morning rise, think of highways burning tar, sunshine's just for fools, home's a hard disguise, who needs to hear this news, you can keep the stars, or want to see his eyes, before he left my Ma, the money tooled, in jaded nights, playing American pool, I can see my Da, everything's revealed in time, empty hearts don't travel far, but you're no fool, forget the hurt inside, that's another part of you, love holds the door ajar, maybe just a little wine, don't look my way ta, I won't waste your time. l

Seventy Seven

Someone you can't fool, in the gentle rain, don't know what to do, scrubbed by fire, you hear yourself say, it's only my desire, want to hear good news, wander down the lane, untroubled by the Blues, like a bird on a wire, find it hard to ascertain, who's the biggest liar, she boils me in a stew, in a clearing makes haste, what's not to choose, she doesn't ask why, you live without stain, forget that patch of sky, it won't shake you, the earth moves again, find what there is to lose, when she walks away. .

Seventy Six

We drink for company, God knows we're all right, just let us be, what's with this crew, she says out of sight, we'll sleep till noon, just leave us in peace. fear grips our fights, worry guides our sympathy, dreams sharp as new, makes each sunshine bright, she's no truck with fools, she says she's easy, sailing the sky, nothing stands her scrutiny, we're so sad and cool, in the morning light, everything we say we do, you can see the sea, she says from on high, is she as bad as me, it makes you wonder why?

Seventy Five

She dances lightly treads, her knife warm as toast, when the oil is spread, for all she's ever been, and also what she's known, it brings a sense of ease, her daily bread, gathered all alone, doesn't make her bend, she's in love with schemes, her skin golden brown, always on the street, with lipstick instead, not caring for loans, she lights up my bed, always visits the sea, the waves make her frown, at this old has been, her visions are myriad, with a light that's shown, paints what she's dreamt, her artist heart unknown.

Seventy Four

Paraded all the while, when you hit the trail, you ride that lonely mile, in your bones, you don't need a stay, to find yourself alone, you left her there to die, to find the holy grail, said studying at the time, can you atone, when love forever fails, and shame marks your tome, flip a coin see the sky, talk of finding sail, you can't worry about style, drink wine from a jeraboam, nurse some desolate mail, throw stones at her ghost, what it means to cry, always finds you this way, you're not going to lie, it is worse than jail.

Seventy Three

What you can't find, then think again, go buy more wine, don't go home, there's too much pain, keep what you own, you hear of the crime, stand in the rain, say everything's fine, drenched to the bone, you're no angel, a swift grasp of loans, why try to disguise, each day is a claim, you can roll those dice, won't trust 'phones, they perish the mind, love's the real groan, it just takes a dime, to catch a fast train, dance to a different rhyme, take no more blame.

Seventy Two

Gone is the time, that covers the truth, your Ma's the real crime, if you make easy, what she cannot intune, nothing will please, clothes cashmere fine, stamps out the truth, each hint of her envy, she won't do breezy, why disguise the news, hates the way you speak, the time you spent inside, uses it like a tool, it sharpens her mind, you shake the car keys, act like her mule, each day is no Odyssey, am i just in line, to capture her Blues, dance me that wine, let's see whose the fool.

Seventy One

You can swear and blow, it's not too late, if you want to come home, no need to face ruin, or worry about an escape, you're no one's fool, or a rolling stone, fix that broken gate, luck's when it rolls, they'll arrive soon, mad families of the waves, mock everything about you, step closer to the zone, you'll survive their gaze, temper don't hesitate, or mind their hooks, you'll always need a loan, from careful Christian books, you're too cool to roam, nothing else to gain, no knife's at your throat, love has no rebate.

Seventy

You're never a girl, that curses and blasts, your mind in a whirl, face like a stone, it's best you look now, not worth going home, won't wear silken furls, for men who feel trapped, permaanent as pearls, they ring you like ghosts, first to collapse, knowing life is your own, your head doesn't twirl, a scarf worn for mass, you go downstairs, they beg at your post, drink wine aghast, ask what you like most, turn that flame down, you cook with gas, you're never that girl, who figures it last.

Sixty Nine

A cracked open spoon, may offer me hindsight, make you feel cool, here in this game, a race for your life, who holds the reins, you act like a fool, cooked over lies, stop doing what you do, if your eyes look in pain, your brain like a firefly, let others go their way, what makes it so cruel, I'm dying inside, face like a cooked mule, if anyone asks why, say you're staying sane, can't afford the knife, don't act goody two shoes, dancing on the wine, who need your rule, I'll be fine.

Sixty Eight

Please don't moan, stifle your screams, stay a rolling stone, a knife to my throat, you know where i've been, does that keep you going, I just want a throne, to perch by the sea, searching for love, why dance on my ghosts, a life as a queen, you like that the most, when you don't come home, is that what you mean, if I butter the toast, maybe you groan, you once used to tease, don't break my bones, I'm not here to atone, for your busted dreams, neither to loan, my eyes to your schemes.

Sixty Seven

Who can dream of empathy, sitting on a wall, too drunk enough to speak, why raise the stakes, a fear of being torn, the useless dates we make, I wait for the seasons, with my crown of thorns, giving up on reason, you'll arrive with grace, instead of cast forlorn, I have to act brave, you study me with ease, like i've been caught, pissing in the sea, lend a hand that shakes, absence is your call, understand why I hesitate, this is not really me, jellied to my core, a flower of deep uncertainty, you never wore.

Sixty Six

You'd scream would you, when she demands another loan, talks of her bad news, sunlight,water,sky, lit like some ocean boom, God knows you're right, she walks down the avenue, her daisy head is blown, she plays us lemon blue, spinning pennies in the night, we try to break curfew, leave out all the fights, when she cries for truth, we know she's not alone, can't be assed to argue, what's worse is the silence, all that's gone to ruin, me, my wife, our lives, before asking for her due, this girl reveals our bones, leaves us here to stew, she's never coming home.

Sixty Five

Your Da's in the pen, our stomachs need hope, you stand there bereft, if you think that's class, consider him gone, you'll never eat grass, always first to the Den, they laugh all the dopes, you're his first son, he won't be assed, to leave us alone, could forever shoot gas, don't sit there pretend, you want him back home, the mess he's left, on a brown chair crackin', or with a lover's phone, doesn't care what happens, you say can you help, or ask if we'll cope, kid you're a Schlepp, we splice our own rope.

Sixty Four

Are you aware, if you whistle so great, I don't really care, am I looking for a home, a web across my face, you're too far gone, for a need to share, why spin on this date, just find me one there, heaven's no fun alone, when your voice fades, and i'm on my own, in chains at the fair, like a great ape, I'm in a time share, a hymn to what's gone, when the shutter's raise, a time that feels old, what if you dare, to pull at my traces, don't you understand, this tune is my fate.

Sixty Three

Take me to the train, whose turn is it to speak, she listens to the rain, sees sunlit avenues, not a roof that leaks, free from all bad news, Paris, Marseilles, far from this house of geeks, somewhere sunny opaque, says you'll listen soon, when walls turn grey, in your hostal room, does this mark the day, when crazy inner deeds, come out to play, besides us a magnolia blooms, love turns ninety degrees, it's not her tune, not what she wants to say, who would believe, what lies forsaken, can you smell the sea ? ,

Sixty Two

Take your time, shoulder what's to come, drink some wine, you'll get through trouble, what passes for his love, will no longer corrupt, forget a broken life, singing in your blood, that's another time, all that you loathe, he will discover, act out what he's told, he's entwined, silence in the rub, his eyes on the knife, no more betrayal, hands that you scrub, laugh at his failure, hear the clock chime, he's no more misunderstood, remember that line, pull on your gloves.

Sixty One

Dance a poor man's Blues, sing on the wire, you always pay your dues, if no one 'phones, when you try to inspire, then go there alone, each little bit of you, they all desire, don't give them a clue, life isn't a stone, left in the fire, why should you atone, your choice of ruin, sings louder than a choir, baby play tunes, you know in your bones, when others conspire, keep tight this new home, whoever brings you news, see who's for hire, find your own truth, you're not a liar.

Sixty

A flower at your side, just some little token, more than any pride, ribbons flutter in your hair, laugh at stuff you know, you'll always understand, drunk enough to ask why, accept you've been chosen, before you deny, die at all the hurt, a childhood provokes them, outside of your care, a wished for heaven's cry, neither shrink nor coax, beyond asking why, all that here you share, warm your soakings, with silly dares, sing your favourite lines, verify love's spoken, a cloud sails the sky, you remain unbroken.

Fifty Nine

Who can ever state, you'll love it here too, dancing in the flames, hell's just a slogan, your eyes don't turn cruel, they sing as we go, wouldn't it be great, to find something new, live here like a hurricane, we'll pay back the loans, everyone their due, refuse to go home, Heaven's just a name, a place for Satan's blues, no panic reigns, problems the wind blows, it's just so uncool, to say love makes you groan, a spring tide today, rolls with the moon, birds have gone away, we're coming back soon.

Fifty Eight

Chained to your days, can your heart forgive, in greater ways, best not to moan, or want to rescind, your life like a loan, why live in a haze, sheltered from the wind, torn like cellophane, you're not on your own, sail with the ships, there's meat on them bones, find love instead of trade, welcome the shift, you're there anyway, when someone groans, you don't fit in, move out of that zone, why jump the trains, score how you win, there's no perfect way, to know how to give.

Fifty Seven

These waters groan, I whisper your name, our ship sails alone, don't know what to do, a brilliant stain, covers your ruin, can I ever atone, what I sought in your name, especially in war, how unlovely the truth, that echoes disgrace, brings me back to you, whatever has flown, look over the waste, in this troubled zone, the sea's lemon blue, your face is drained, nothing more is new, you need another home, help me to stay sane, who knows what's gone, is it me you blame?

Fifty Six

Memories that you lace, so eager to please, the rise of your face, you recoil at my thunder, my own conceit, a man fixed by number, a certain calling too late, eager to squeeze, what I need you to say, a life uncluttered, my insides screech, don't search for a lover, I'll find you one day, when I watch you sleep, see your dreams dedicate, a time of great longing, a crossing of the sea, waste of time to bother, I'm the disgrace, beat a cowards retreat, bound fast to the day, it makes you wonder, stones, wreaths, grave, who splits who asunder, not knowing what to say who can smile easy, or just look away, at spirit's release ?

Fifty Five

Brilliant clones, whisper your name, Summer's in full flow, you want to be free, is this who you shame, how to live happy, to give what you show, don't register fame, find your own hollow, dissolve by the sea, only fools leave no fallow, it's not in your creed, to number each bone, or circle every day, you're brave enough to know, stones, flowers, pieces, drunken oblates, console you as priest, sing as you go, take your share of blame, drink whisky for the bones, up your game.

Fifty Four

She hails what passes by, laughs and hums a tune, says it's stupid to lie, she keeps a cheerful home, beats away the blues, always on the go, her life starts to fry, searching for what's new, some waste all their lives, others touch the stones, kid themselves who's who, what they'd known before, forget the bitter times, all the cool untruths, bars, rain, days of tides, dreams she can postpone, always glad to see you, happy that you phoned, whoever owns the night, or the wind hushed dunes, makes you wonder why, you act like you do.

Fifty Three

I float on the breeze, heaven's in my soul, no need to say please, bear witness to my sighs, still less about our home, with your weary lies, it's nothing to me, better that i groan, with this sense of ease, you mark many a night, battered with the blow, you won't hear me crying, a taste of release, I strike a cheerful tone, it strips out any dignity, squirms when all right, smoke and think of loans, don't try to be wise, it just goes to show, when i'm off the leash, cars seek out my bones, better not to speak.

Fifty Two

You live life by drips, yours not a big sea, the blue light hid, only fools gyrate, bring each day few gifts, is this how you delegate, latticed with fibs, it's all just a wheeze, truth gets hid, this is no child’s game, around your greed, how you cherish your ways, what about the kids, are they to be squeezed, left gone adrift, golden wings can't negate, their flight on the breeze, can't wait to get away, if you knew how to give, we wouldn't need, to hide from your grip, cant you see ?

Ffity One

In darkness and grain blue, please give me a sign, release me of my virtue, is it me gone cold, those of them brings news, to others you've told, my tears ask me why, should I cry for you, there are no good byes, those lives made bold, by your cock a hoops, makes me feel old, your eyes in constant flight, care is not an issue, but castigates our lives, come near to me i moan, can we light the fuse, no one lives alone, should i lie for you, bells ring out the night, our journey fires what's true, tell me if it's right?

Fifty

The sum of constant days, lovers please delay, the ones to close the gate, forget about your fear, all the times when late, let other souls draw near, to broken laws pray, for those consumed by hate, be gentle in your ways, others hold you dear, why scream or hesitate, they will find you here, simple drunken orator, bells ring out to say, better this than fate, don't worry about the Seer, he is just a knave, measure life not years, lucky to live like crazy, each evening conjugate, how everyone here is brave, who passes this way.

Forty Nine

Her lips twist like knives, she is not forgiving, her eyes dance river wide, what else is new, bites me when she's sinning, on trips to secret venues, my mother says keep wise, she'll make you do the living, many a tortured night, no love runs smooth, a tobacco blonde full of lies, maybe it's true, maybe she's right, fresh alive and swimming, sunlight, water, sky, she takes the whole crew, laughter's for the living, her nails are bright blue, kicks water at the tide, her fame belongs to winning, hails me with that smile, is this our beginning ?

Forty Eight

Oh go away with you, don't take me as your fate, love's not for fools, useless to sing, or say sorry you're late, whenever you ring, to hell with rumour, if i want to pulsate, when i dance with you, it don't mean a thing, you're no special case, in fresh clothes and things, you'll borrow the moon, not church or state, to let me jump curfew, you're never my cling, my vision isn't great, can't see anything, I lie in sweet ruin, a warm hazy daze, let me go with you, praise all the days.

Forty Seven

You say you'll cheat fate, by wearing a red raincoat, find gold in an trash crate, is this what you do, never know the weather zone, but smile like a fool, you always come late, thrown away your 'fone, nothing's to your taste, give money to schools, you've got no boat, who knows if it's true, oh you carry weight, when you're on your own, scoff at those who hesitate, if you go boom, when they need a show, they have their own curfew, cold white hate, strokes your bones, citizen comrade at the gate, I'd say you're done.

Forty Six

Search for desolate fuel, set a passage clear, nothing else will do, we carry all our home, to somewhere not so near, better than going alone, nothing left to rue, set sail for different years, from all we once knew, my talk makes you groan, what else for a career, don't worry about the tone, dance these torrid blues, find something else that's dear, no need to feel spooked, dream of other rules, ached visions at our rear, golden domes unused, take another loan, perfume for tentative ears, on twisted paths we're blown, bring me sparkling jewels, let me laugh through tears, who needs to be cruel, sweep away the fear.

Forty Five

Look at me you Nerd, I'm shaping up to leave, are you scared, like fish swim away, can't your eyes see, don't say I'm great, I can take the hurt, your song of the sea, not really being there, always too late, as if you'd need, to post me in a shipping crate, why worry if I slur, know what might have been, you don't care, won't even kneel to pray, for a life of ease, nights when I'm off the rails, is it my grey hair, do I need new teeth, will hope get you there, look at me I plead.

Forty Four

Give your eye to trains, don't ever hear them moan, showcase it's your way, forget what's on your mind, in a life of soul, you're not the lonely kind, singing makes you resonate, turns us all to stone, hands strain across your face, you won't take fright, pleading like a dope, for any note you find, always go against the grain, stay out there alone, don't worry if they hesitate, your songs make them unwind, think it's you they own, not what's deep inside, bum notes make you late, all your deeds on show, it must make someone change, where else can you go?

Forty Three

I seek the right tone, that Freeway's no Spa, love is a joke, a trail that's well used, searching for your Da, life circles around you, Saints can reveal their bones, it won't take you far, can't do passion alone, you don't need a feud, at some throwaway bar, to know what to do, don't drink alone, your voice gone la la, wait for me to come home, before heading for the blue, when we wave ta ra, dance away all our dues, ours not a lucky star, safe within a credit zone, songs inside you whisper Pa, nowhere we can phone.

Forty Two

Don't pray in the rain, or swear upon your mother, stuff you can't take, hope is free to use, all the stuff you smother, a place without refuge, can you see that portrait, like a wounded trooper, strapped to a wooden frame, whatever money you lose, don't curse your brother, he's paid his dues, hard stuff fires the brain, fools live without bother, then run away, no book or dead curfew, makes you like the others, despite their call to ruin, you'll pay whatever gain, seeks you as a lover, spirit rise and dance away, don't you bother.

Forty One

If I warm my toes, around your fire, why do you start to cry, what you refuse, is for many a lie, the last of me losing, a chance to blow, on dancing wires, what you don't know, I'm just the fool, who pays for the crime, runs with the mules, no more's than how, doesn't make it right, by this act alone, my blood's smoky blue, why don’t you inquire, you know what is true, I'm looking old, you don't need a sign, this place without windows, screams out the time.

Forty

We share jokes and put, hope on those who disappear, geese rise in the dusk, no one hires a crown, to be ushered in here, for pulling her down, and those who are fussed, she'll always hold dear, they know what's been lost, in our summer town, where everything is clear, you know who is sound, someone to trust, she walks in like the deer, with a hint of musk, in hazy bars she's known, to hide away the fears, never on her own, we torch the falling years, each night is a must, the laughs and happy tears, a life before the dust. .

Thirty Nine

Hail a ship for France, say what you want to say, you won't get another chance, don't let me act untrue, life is framed, you're no fool, face it you're banned, if you let me trail, a creature's prance, i'll tell you what to do, when kindness fails, to make things smooth, why look askance, the room's a dark pale, passion always passes, kindness might acrue, nothing more to say, so little to needing you, sliding down the scale, God's sake make me pant, turn me around again, let's have another dance.

Thirty Eight

Your red lips flash ornate, in rooms where flowers grow, champagne cognac to chase, forget how much we blew, kick the need to know, polish lonely jewels, we'll always be ingrates, don't worry about the loan, celebrate what remains, you never deem to rue, the way we've been let down, no longer part of you, a worry without gain, at supper ask for bones, stumble in the drains, believe it's all a ruse, a dream of past night's gone, play some homesick blues, wouldn't it be great, to live life fresh anew, tumble in the rain, feel we never lose.

Thirty Seven

Since you've gone away, i don't know what to do, but each night pray, laugh in a hurricane tone, see my shape in pools, don't use me like a drone, or trick me anyway, the sea still surrounds you, you say there is a train, that leads to the foam, take me if you want to, but not just as a loan, walls are turning grey, you say howdydo, when you're on the make, but want to go alone, not singing of the Blues, with your bag of stones, your eyes shine like jakes, see me here in truth, rising on the plain, i will catch you soon.

Thirty Six

Fire and the evening light, where you can see what's true, save the times I cry, longing for that zone, that doesn't come with blues, North or Southern tones, this village is our life, it's always here to sooth, not lost on Freeway lights, puts jelly on our bones, accepts all we do, when we seek to quietly atone, living here's a paradise, we never makes the news, just want a better life, to shelter all that's home, this place is our glue, far from being alone, cities aren't that nice, no need to look through windows, , or feel a need to fight, to know who's screwing you.

Thirty Five

Beat down my walls, flit amidst the rain, hover at infirmary's door, thank god for my home, you are my shame, always looking to roam, what are you doing this for, just leave on a train. I'm not divined by whores, why can't you atone, dance away the pain, blow love down a trombone, you chart away the score, your face a savage shade, say I'll pay you roar, don't spit on the floor, spinning out your games, no one needs you anymore, you always touch the bone, never want to say, the time is too raw, face yourself again.

Thirty Four

Please don't identify, one lonely departure, between moon and sky, say to me there's nothing, not ripped from a sewer, you never would offer, like angst on a wedding night, scared of telling the truth, stuff that'd make it right, if you really want to suffer, don't turn on my blues, or behave like a tosser, leave stuff out of sight, saved for some other fool, butter my dreams by candlelight, you should enjoy calling, instead of being cruel, embrace everything, why stop me trying to fly, bring good news, I don't dance on wire, to pay my dues.

Thirty Three

Is that you Jade, laughing as you flow, to keep men happy, just the same call, by the river's flow, tenderness in a Mall, back in Salt Lake City, the year of the blow, take a piece of cake, geese in a barren fall, serenade with croaking tones, sad as they bawl, keep that trouble at bay, no life's worth a moan, give nothing away, you'll go to the ball, your face is pure snow, diamond heels make you tall, in the roaring Hades, be kind as you know, step aside the freeway, forget lonely roads.

Thirty Two

Some nights i ask why, we can ever atone, stars shine out like fire, might as well be shame, our lengh of credit zone, still that far from fame, your gaze within my sight, the wind runs cold, you're gone another time, are kids and dogs your game, then don't get stoned, just stay the same, when you hear me cry, or run from a hanging phone, it's not enough to sigh, buy some rusty nails, make us all a home, a house is not a jail, no matter how we fight, or strain our yellow bones, we can do this right, smell the ozone.

Thirty One

Ask who brings serenity, a creature in a jar, rescued from the sea, like someone in a frame, notes a different mark, something you can't name, it's others set you free, a distant bell afar, back to childhood dreams, is this a different age, you drive around in cars, but still feel strange, nothing fills your need, except a hazy fog, sometimes you can scream, dancing on the waves, a sail for a spar, all the stuff that's wreckage, all the things you see, all the things you're not, is that you laughing, who needs a Da ?

Thirty

Happy songs in my car, holy water in my tank, they only leave a scar, blown away in little ways, a gurgle from the crank, an awful terrible waste, you peel away my bark, make even sunshine dank, scatter ashes on the bar, what is left to say, my mind fills up blank, clinging to the day, Oh you are a dog, no one else to thank, use me like a log, bring me to this state, am allowed to call you Hank, except on holidays, I never know how far, what is down the line, but see what's going on, lay you down intact.

Twenty Nine

To begin again, it's hardly new, blown down the Freeway, I've lost a few, give me your sight, guide me with the truth, now my voice is tight, before you groan, i'm not your issue, don't try to hone, this part of paradise, when you refuse, in your own special way, my love serene, kiss me quietly, where others have dreamed, with a regular rate, i could have bloomed, made everyone gay, sung a simple refrain, lonely men soothed, beyond the hurricane.

Twenty Eight

Can't get around the news, when you danced away, no one sang the blues, or stepped off the Metro, you have no shame angel, to leave me the loans, i haven't got a clue, like all in heaven's way, to ask what's your due, everything i call a home, is spririted just the same, the children saw you go, I sing successful tunes, to a brass bird cage, nothing's here brand new, i hate to be alone, don't see anyone anyway, there's jelly in my bones, truth is a bitter fruit, we jump this train, have no need of you, . walking in the rain.

Twenty Seven

For those who ask of late, don't chance to tell me why, the house is losing slates, run a bath with foam, giving is your creed, your loving isn't done, d'you remember the holidays, our trips to the sea, when you tried to paint, studied each of my bones, become suddenly free, now we're alone, guide me through these days, make my troubles ease, understand why I pray, don't let me cast stones, help me find my feet, assist my journey home, you wonder why i say, with artists like these, create horizons in the rain, enhance my every need.

Twenty Six

Pillows furl beneath the sky, death brings no easy due, even where you lie, who cares what is fake, it comes for you too, fire burns in the grate, something deep inside, not just an ordinary blue, makes you want to scythe, those who come too late, say not me you fool, who are you to ordinate, however hard you try, love is not immune, don't tell me how to cry, dying's when you castigate, those who care for you, whatever you do walk away, these troubled nights, that bring bad news, a hundred questions why, as if you knew.

Twenty Five

Like my ship on the sea, i swear to the night, just let me reach the quays, a shoal of lost hordes, all in flight, float from the ocean floor, thank you Jesus, between moon and sky, will you let me see, from the earth's back door, the rich man's eyes, at sight of the poor, who suffer by the reeds, their souls strung tight, they'll set me free, in my eyes the shore, need to do what's right, splash the Cologne, please rock me gently, say everything's fine, don't worry baby, I'm not trying to hide.

Twenty Four

In the Spring twilight, you see the poor, huddled by the security line, it's cold for the season, sons and daughters, share the same freedom, on the river a Neap tide, brings a truth sought, you don't need an inquiry, to shiver in the lee, city lights over the port, sick of being, or worry about time, if you've been caught, in some policy drive, it's just the reason, to head for the slaughter, like a guilty plea, every walk of life, ends here with nought, some bring their wives, they crowd the back door.

Twenty Three

A cross for a glove, to where we drink wine, she gives us a shove, a deal done at Primark, the waste is a crime, life is too stark, she looks up above, lost in her time, the year she goes bust, her hair is a jump start, she hasn't a dime, who'll lend her a car, she steers my old tub, initially fine, the cops take a look, it's never easy or calm, locked to her highs, my home's not far, she sings a blues number, among shop front signs, life's more than a crust, with her by my side.

Twenty Two

She has some spark, her lovely face lights, won't wait in the yard, she hankers for love, the rest of the night, why worry what's above, in a supermarket park, they ask her why, she hangs around the bars, we all need a crust, a trolley suits her fine, forget about doubles, she never walks far, to walk is a crime, each step there's a car, and works without gloves, unlike other times, Okay when it's good, if there's ever a chart, to show us what's right, lets us give marks, then I'm first in line.

Twenty One

I stand by her grave, where praise be, i hope to be saved, her eyes like thunder, wine dark on the sea, they make me shudder, in the blue Nave, stripped like the trees, nothing's left to trade, between here and surrender, the old amber need, doesn't stay to linger, my voice starts to break, it's late for the season, geese honk on their way, her face is the wonder, happy laughing clean, that i tore asunder, it's quiet by this place, fifty years of need, for my allotted space, she makes for me.

Twenty

Me Ma stamps the tar, it's not good news, second husband runs the car, a trip to the park, peel oranges in a barn, love never hungers, won't let him cross the arc, he's bemused, right from the off, she's a stone heart, my son says he knew, it's only the start, Da's not gone far, lipstick, a shirt he uses, Ma says with his tart, she smokes a Lucky Star, smelling the perfume, he's falling apart, I still hear him cough, splutter like a fool, hope is a distant mark, from this latent brew.

Nineteen

Is it love of rain, or a burning pyre, that you're against, you sit in the gloom, listening to the criers, no one jumps the queque, seeing problems look away, they pester you for hire, it's never easy or brave, to do what you do, your eyes seek the tide, they were never blue, an offering to the saved, like an ice cold fish wire, is this what you gave, whispering at someone's due, here's my coat to lie in, my song is true, not defined by trains, nor tongues of a liar, the miracle I crave, my life on fire.

Eighteen

Gamble everything away, don't care what you do, won't kid this kiddar's rage, at winter's iron thaw, from you there comes no tune, just a sallow maw, watch ships in the bay, work is just a ruse, salt always in your cake, everyone's your whore, sad song's come on cue, what a cache they hoard, smoke ciggies in the rain, every trick in use, this life is such a game, curdled love tied with cord, no one really hates you, why make them roar, gnaw at some cause betrayed, conceal bitter news, take it to your grave, drunk on stolen food.

Seventeen

They'll let you know, what people up here feel, almost in their bones, that jilted smile's a strain, hurting in the trees, they see it anyway, take your time right now, those night's without a key, the river always flows, why seek the rain, peer in mountain streams, don't have to catch a train, nothing to bestow, with other crazy schemes, life's no picture show, been a long time away, to live within a dream, now face each coming day, you don't have to borrow, we see how you've been, stay to warm your toes, nothing's how it seems.

Sixteen

My song is good mojo, it maybe flawed, but i know the score, love on a lilac sea, whoever takes the tour, waves goodbye to dreams, life is a bag of bones, a lender of furious pause, it won't let you doze, my tune is your creed, come back for more, this is our scene, dance in my zone, like we used to before, our time hasn't gone, knowledge is real, your clothes sweep the floor, how good it feels, I'll smooth your tones, succour the poor, temper your groans, eye every door.

Fifteen

You ask what's new, never one to help the poor, i arrive on cue, you never did say please, divined by any call, or my sense of ease, always back of your queue, sitting in this gloom, I'll bust the curfew, bad guys on this street, no fool for your cause, when you hear the screams, it pulls your life askew, hacking out your chores, sweating with the Blues, i know where you've been, with all your glorious mores, whose turn now to bleed, you never were my glue, drinking at some lonely door, your head full of tunes, tilting at the bar.

Fourteen

You come to me in bits, say water's in your blood, somehow nothing fits, try to make the claim, more to life than this, take love beside the freeway, she carries yellow lists, plain and understood, chained before the kids, wants another say, maybe you need a plug, rather than raise Cain, simply do what she insists, suffer in time go nuts, prepare for another blitz, act like someone crazy, youe need to make a fuss, why suffer every phase, in this house of whispers, an ocean door never shuts, you don't need a chorus, to stop chopping wood.

Thirteen

You always try to calculate, foundation walls safe to climb, beyond the spikes of jail, your lips can't fake, when they leave us nothing, stand before the magistrate, inhabit somewhere beat, maybe with a communion air, have a go at taking care, it's not easy being free, knowing how to keep, a wooden space to perorate, terrible supplies of energy, vodka tonics citrus lines, who needs you anyway, take a train, winter in warm climes, find an Ocean to lie in, somewhere else to bathe, you can't ever discreetly, inquire about the places, that secrete our wine.

Twelve

Never one to search for gain, every task to you is rent, don't feel the rain, or get sore, putting up our new fence. fixing the door, no matter what it takes, you grant your presence, us ungrateful reprobates, fools sing for applause, take drink like the rest, you know the score, do not remonstrate, to bring out our best, oh what a fool you make, two and two makes four, you'll scatter our defences, always ask for more, see how little we hesitate, our investment spent, in night's cool probate, you remain our friend?

Eleven

What hurts deep inside, something's new in her face, your eyes full of rain, what you need to know, no longer comes your way, sealed in a one way note, new to a sweetheart's lie, see her heart fade, not easy to turn aside, a million ways to show, you fight against the waste, with nowhere else to go, desolate in your crying, soaked on a street called main, a barometer for your time, explain to another what blows, you once jumped rail, whisky face aglow, no time to step aside, is this really the place, to ask the reasons why, you feel ashamed ?

Ten

Each tweet makes me a liar, will anyone see, the gaps between my hair, sometimes just a little move, makes heaven a place to share, even if I can't get love, terrible faces hard chairs, will they ever let me dream, no one keels me there, get dressed feel the rug, what about my teeth, grace comes from up above, as if I don't care, scrubbed up like easyclean, I sail through the air, call me Harry he buys a Bud, it might rescue everything, rise each night in flood, it's only fair, when evening turns green, get what you like or dare, it's not me who feels.

Nine

When donkeys start to bray, you dance and say, never mind the time, sit by the fire,. don't take a train, come here and wait, it's a lonely path alone, not having a sou to spend, lost like Homer from his home, listening to stones, i only read in bed, rather than get laid, this horizon so bright, a sail on the lee, this way there's no stain, so far we're right, who needs a reason, blankets weigh heavy at night, it'll be our secret, won't enquire about pain, a long silent right, brings us our day. ,

Eight

Who will break your news, struggling to escape, last winter's blues, no horizon's bright, is your mark a stain, you're always right, it makes life a curfew, no dancing on waves, or fearing what to do, never mind the time, hear a donkey bray, you sit by a fire, before sunrise bears fruit, your tears seep away, no one can reach you, every wondered why, enquires about pain, make a long silent night, your moans are in tune, with a fortune at bay, hearing rain on the roof, you won't shout hurray.