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.