James Two

Some things you can't rule, in the gentle rain, don't know what to do, scrubbed by fire, I hear myself say, it's only my desire, want to hear good news, sail down the freeway, untroubled by the Blues, like birds on a wire, we find hard to ascertain, who's the biggest liar, she boils me in a stew, in clearings makes me taste, old and bitter fruit, she won't ask me why, I live without brains, lost in the sky, it doesn’t take a fool, to move the earth again, find out what you lose, when she walks away.

James

We drink for company, God knows you're right, this place needs some sympathy, the front of house crew, out of sight, only come awake at noon, just leave us in peace, fear grips our sight, cooking guides our being, knives as sharp as new, we'll make each day bright, have no truck with fools, she says how easy, it is to grill the sky, nothing stands her scrutiny, we're so happy and cool, in the morning light, everything we say and do, she can smell the sea, a message from on high, not as bad as me, we don't do lies.

Kieron Three

Parade all the while, while you’re on bail, ride the lonely miles, in your bones, you’re not here to stay, alone, you left him to die, on your holy grail, said you didn’t have time, can you atone, when love always fails, shame stacks like a farrago, flip a coin to the sky, talk of hoisting sail, no worries about style, drink wine from a Jeroboam, covet some desolate mail, throw stones at his ghost, what is it to cry, that finds you this way, you're not going to lie, it’s worse than jail.

Kieron to Johhny

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

Kieron

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

Diane Three

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

Diane Two

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

Diane

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

Cassie Three

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

Cassie Two

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

Cassie

Da hates the pen, your stomach turns to rope, Ma stands there bereft, if you really want class, consider them gone, never eat grass, be the first to liken, dope as their stroll, you the chosen one, if they can’t be assed, to leave you alone, poison their matches, don't even pretend, they might atone, the mess they’ve left, with their ugly dash, to one another’s phone, don’t care what happens, when you say you’ll help, make the little ones cope, what then, who needs them at home, we’ll slice our own cord.

Kevin Three

If you’re so aware, think you’re great, who am I to care, am I looking for a home, a country across my face, you're too far gone, a held need to bear, the shaking out fate, just find me one here, heaven screams alone, when voices fade, there’s no one to call in chains at the fair, plan a great escape, I'm like a timeshare, a bird that's flown, when shutters raise, a time that feels old, what if you dare, to claw at my traces, don't you understand, I’m broken freight.

Kevin Two

Put me on the train, I can hardly speak, you listen to the rain, forget sunlit avenues, or this roof that leaks, a bucket fills bad news, Paris or Marseilles, anywhere that speaks, not somewhere fake, pray I’ll see you soon, before my hair is grey, in your lavender room, please don’t mark the day, when crazy inner deeds, come out to play, besides you a magnolia blooms, love turns at ninety degrees, it’s not my tune, what is there to say, who would believe, prayers are forsaken, when you hear the sea?

Kevin

Please don't moan, stifle your screams, come rolling home, a knife to my throat, I know where you’ve been, does that keep you going, I just need a stone, to throw to the sea, searching for love, don’t dance with my ghosts, happy as a queen, toasting the lost, when you love alone, is that what you mean, to hurt the most, in your greatcoat, you once used to tease, my late soul, I'm not here to atone, for your busted seams, neither to loan, my eyes to your dreams.

Sam Three

What’s your crime, a sentence to come, drink some wine, don’t get bitter, what passes for love, won’t alter this, forget broken lines, that sing in your blood, they’re other lives, all that you flip, is there to discover, you need to change grip, entwine, silence the club, survey the crime, no more shit, hands that you scrub, laugh at such hits, hear the clock chime, no being misunderstood, remember this time, pull on your gloves.

Sam Two

Dance in poor man's shoes, sing songs on the wire, always pay your dues, if no one 'phones, don’t wait for a flyer, you know where to go, each little bit of you, faced with their ire, says here is the truth, life isn't a stone, you leave in the fire, no one does it alone, it’s your choice of ruin, louder than a choir, play some more blues, know in your bones, when others conspire, you’ll never go home, they bring you the news, say who's for hire, make your own truth, you're not a liar.

Sam

A flower at your side, just some little token, held with great pride, ribbons in your hair, stuff that you know, never so clear, stupid asks why, accepts you've been chosen, your turn to fly, deny all the hurt, child memory provokes, outside of your care, wished heaven's cry, shrunken or coaxed, don’t try to deny, all that you share, warm in your soaking, with silly dares, sing favourite lines, know that love's spoken, a friend asks you why, you remain unbroken?

Freya Three

Chained to our days, can you ever forgive, the mess we made, best not to moan, or want to rescind, our life as a loan, don’t live in a haze, cower from bliss, tear like cellophane, you're not alone, to go on like this, there's meat on your bones, live for today, make love a trip, it’s more than a trade, welcome the crones, consider the shift, you're going home, when one of them says, you don't fit in, show them the way, what it is to give.

Freya Two

These waters groan, they whisper your name, our ship sails alone, don't know what to do, a brilliant stain, covers the crew, can we ever atone, what’s sought in your name, especially at war, how ungainly the ruin, that presages disgrace, brings us to face you, the love that has flown, we study the waste, in this troubled home, the sea is lemon blue, your face drained, nothing more is new, whatever has gone, help us stay sane, humour or truth, we turn to the flame.

Freya

Memories of your face, so eager to please, the state of your grace, you recoil at my thunder, my very conceit, a man fixed by number, they call me too late, eager to squeeze, the life where you lay, a path uncluttered, my insides heave, you were never a lover, who goes out one day, while I’m asleep, dreams fall away, it makes you wonder, rings, stones, grave, who splits who asunder, who, I hear you say, can smile easy, just break away, from what’s never released ?

Kenny Four

Brilliant bones sculpture your frame, Summer's in full flow, you want to be free, the name of the game, how to stay happy, dance on the floor, walk away from fame, others will follow, taste salt by the sea, fools think it's tame, not what you believe, to number each home, or circle each day, then ask where it goes, stones and glass pieces, drunken oblates, sing like priests, as if on the morrow, no one shares blame, you fly wing of Crow, into the rain.

Kenny Three

He hails when you come by, laughs and hums and kids says it's all a lie, he keeps a cheerful home, to do's on yellow lists, always on the go, his life starts to fry, searching for what he's missed, some waste all their lives, others walk the stones, searching for a kiss, what they'd thrown before, forget the bitter times, when he forgets to piss, bars, rain, days of tides, dreams he can’t postpone, always glad to see you, happy that you called, whoever owns the night, or the stars like milk, makes you wonder why, his whole life has dipped

Kenny Two

You live life by drops, no poem or big sea, the green light stops, your words only grate, on lousy gifts, there lies your fame, latticed with coughs, just a wheeze, to show whose on top, some child’s game, around your greed, you always find a way, let them know who's boss, everyone squeezed, like a kitchen cloth, golden pockets can't delay, your fight over deeds, the need to hold sway, give it all to love, you wouldn't need, to care a jot, can't you see?

Kenny

In darkness and grain blue, please give me a sign, release this stupid fool, it’s not me gone cold, when you break the light, others that you've known, make me cry in tune, tears just ask me why, what I have to lose, nothing left to hold, at your sudden news, is it that I'm old, care is not an issue, your eyes in constant flight, the other one is bruised, you say it's your life, stay with me I moan, can’t we light the fuse, no one loves alone, I would die for you, bells ring out the night, toll a path of truth, tell me it’s a lie?

Dany Four

The sum of infinite ways, puts love on hold for fear, others close the gate, all the time you celebrate, let them come near, broken laws are hearsay, for those consumed by hate, someone holds you dear, be gentle with them today, why scream or hesitate, you’re needed here, try to navigate, when bells ring out oblate, don't worry what’s not clear, better this than fate, time is just a knave, that measures dust not years, learn to live like crazy, each evening conjugate, whatever makes you fear, smother it with praise, now’s no time for tears.

Dany Three

your lips twist like knives, you are not forgiving, eyes scan the river wide, what else is new, the wind bites when living, our trips to secret venues, my mother says stay wise, he'll make you earn a living, many a tortured night, our love is never smooth, I’m tobacco blonde and cry, maybe it's true, maybe she's right, skinned alive and swimming, sunlight, water, sky, he’ll want his revenue, laughter's for the giving, his eyes are bright blue, nails me with that smile, a glance docked by winning, he dances in the tide, is this our new beginning?

Dany Two

You laugh at stupid fate, if you're wearing red, find gold in a crate, is this what you do, always stay ahead, smile like a fool, know the latest rate, even from your bed, always come too late, give money to every school, tho' you've got no cred, who knows what’s true, Oh you carry weight, nothing you can’t shed, when it’s to your taste, in a time of feuds, will they call the Feds, arrange another curfew, cold grey slate, settles in your head, why hesitate, tell them you're dead.

Dany

In search of desperate news, set a passage clear, nothing else will do, carry heartache home, it might cost us dear, drag it all alone, nothing left to rue, a course for different jeers, ones we thought we knew, if this makes you groan, think what else you fear, no matter what the tone, there’ll be other rules, to bring a vision near, golden domes unused, take another loan, put perfume on your ears, on such paths we're born, food instead of gruel, prayers instead of tears, no need to be cruel, ride the bitter years.

Stevie Four

Don’t look at me girl, I'm shaping up to leave, are you scared, shoals of tuna dart away, can't you see, they’re frightened of the Marlin, I can’t share the hurt, your song of the sea, don’t really belong here, you say always too late, as if you need, to make me feel great, worry when I slur, know what might have been, as if you really care, won't kneel down to pray, for a kind of ease, nights I'm off the rails, is it my grey hair, do I need new teeth, will hope get me there, do I have to plead?

Stevie Three

Keep an eye on trains, your body turned to stone, let them show the way, forget what's on your mind, it’s all about your soul, you're not the lonely kind, crying makes you play, a song all your own, hands reach towards your face, don't take fright, or plead like a dope, for any stray you find, rub against the grain, stay out there alone, don't care about the freight, your tunes make them smile, when they’re far from home, stops the fear inside, this railroad’s always late, all your life's on show, nothing has to change, just keep going.