Johnny

Wouldn't it be great, to forget how much we owe, celebrate what remains, kick the need to wrong, when rivers skin our bones, within us all our song, I watch for the rain, tumble down a naked slope, save us from the drains, we'll just bumble along, fly with what we know, assent that we're strong, fling the watch away, shiny as the fallen snow, trains arrive anyway, I’ll never let you down, or worry about the loan, you have no need to frown, red lips ornate, rooms where flowers grow, pints and whisky chasers, I never feel alone.

Marta Three

Living here's no paradise, never makes the news, why try to be nice, could as well be space, stars and sea like glue, put some food on our plate, we want a better life, know what we can do, away from all the spite, our song still resonates, a feeling far from Blue, wait till you see my weight, this village is our life, always something here for you, under naked sodium lights, this is what we create, to sing within our brew, we don't jump the gate, home is our easy night, when we look for truth, it is where we die, searching for our youth.

Marta Two

Mornings I ask myself why, can we ever atone, stars pale as children’s eyes, might as well be Mars, for all they know, we're still that far, they eat within my sight, the wind is black and cold, you’re here another time, if it's them and dogs you want, don't get stoned, remain calm, when you hear me cry, running from a broken phone, just don’t sigh, say there’s another scar, to keep you at home, a battle is not a war, no matter how we fight, or strain our yellow bones, hold me tight tonight.

Marta

You drape all my deeds, like seaweed on the bar, say salt brings serenity, blow out all my pay, then fly afar, what a terrible waste, clinging to the sea, something in a bottle, thoughts won’t set you free, in a different age, you’d have no fancy car, now you hesitate, you don’t fill my needs, a warm hazy fog, that rolls from childhood dreams, dancing on the waves, is all the stuff you're not, instead we view the wreckage, love's no good for me, too many scars, holy water is my drink, , what's going on?

Sal Four

I have no need of you, stepping off this train, that much is certain, hate to be like stone, see anyone anyway, on the street or Metro, I haven't got a clue, how it will go today, seeing what you’re due, you arranged the loans, introduced him to that crew, told him to be strong, now what’s new, my voice flares and fades, this is your issue, when I used to moan, you tried erase, everything I called a home, they all wail the blues, where he’s laid today, truth is a bitter fruit, I cry just the same.

Sal Three

Can you identify, that back door, between moon and sky, what has been emptied, and other parts thrown, by this Neap tide, don't need an inquiry, when truth is bought, then buried, witness the crime, when you’re brought, to where rich men dine, some drink daiquiri, laugh as they're taught, it makes them happy, every walk of life, ends in a nought, you should see their wives, by security lights, pooled on the floor in the winter twilight, you meet the poor.

Sal Two

Before my fame, I only thought of you, and what you craved, shadows pass in blue smoke, against an awful truth, shocked again I'm broke, you always did waste, my successful tunes, in this different age, at the clubs alone, long lonely rooms, stripped to the bone, inside the best cafe's, I would have bloomed, by night and by day, holding a simple note, lonely men soothed, like bathing atones, to begin again, is hardly new, this Subway, stinks of feuds.

Sal

You wonder why I pray, with kids like these, they'd make you snort cocaine, run a bath with foam, not living in your creed, but loving isn't done, I hold your face, forget to say please, catch horizons in the rain, in the wind and stones, help us with our needs, assist the journey home, fire me through dreary days, make my troubles ease, withstand the fray, each of my lonesome tones, becomes suddenly free, now we're alone, remember those days, our trips to the sea, the scrimp for praise, our dance at Thebes?

Sarah Three

You scream the news, in troubled nights, as if you knew, all the different ones, left hanging on the line, you loved and gone, fire burns up the flue, don't tell me how to cry, when you look so callow, it’s not me you blocked, swimming against the tide, everything you held and lost, no matter who you use, however you may try, you are not immune, who cares what is crocked, something deep inside, shines beside my shock, who will sing your blues, pillows furl the sky, death is no easy due, even when you die.

Sarah Two

If I’m set to freeze, my soul strung out tight, someone needs to set me free, in your eyes amour, have to do what's right, you know the score, rock me gently, say everything ‘s fine, don't worry baby, the hearts of lost hordes, all entwined, roll around on my floor, glamorous, perfect, serene, you kiss me quietly, do what others have dreamed, a perfect fighter, have I just died, and loll on water, a star across the sea, I swear to the night, let me reach the quays, I’ll be alright.

Sarah

Don't say I’m late, that love doesn't exist, put on your skates, the earth hesitates, like it has a stitch, I’m not afraid, someone says give me change, who is paying this, it'd be a cheek to say, spin on your plate, he wants to see my tits, creepy by the door frame, working in this place, is like a launderette, spinning out my fate, a little smile migrates, with all the other misfits, who’ve never seen a wage, such times of little grace, when you figure it, makes me wear a face, if something’s missing,

Asia Three

You keep trouble at bay, that life requires, any problems just look away, they pester you for loans, your eyes seek the tide, you're not alone, stumble in the haze, dampen all desire, no one’s so easy or brave, scared to your bones, they won’t call you a liar, or chase you with guns, ride the blue waves, like a cold fish knife, love is the only gain, why don't you 'phone, among candlelit signs, not easy on your own, is this what you crave, a burning pyre, pine needles and hay, a soul on fire?

Asia Two

It's quiet here now, after fifty years of greed, smooth as stone, can still see the cave, where praise be, I hope to be saved, my body under snow, back in the country, when it starts to blow, give me this place, where there is serenity, even on feast days, geese with barren tones, set the air to freeze, right on my shoulder, they honk on their way, late for the season, I'm just the same, in the blue dawn, stripped like the trees, in my hands a rose, the old loving need.

Asia

I still hear me Da, laughing like a foghorn, it seems so far, happy he's not scarred, or left forlorn. I start the car, when he stamps the tar, like a newborn, he’s a fallen star, I switch off, looking war-torn, right from the start, he won’t join the ark, he’s not even sure, where’s his great heart, can’t find that chart, my son knows the score', it’s gone too far, a trip to the park, old shirts he’s worn, things fall apart, love has no form

Raymond Four

Bellow at some cause betrayed, conceal the bitter holy things, take them to your grave, can you afford the Blues, where everyone's your cling, notes come just on cue, what a song they make, a curdled love of dying, everyone knows your fate, smoke cigarettes in the dunes, when called upon to bring, life to such a hula-hoop, watch ships in the bay, you really want to fling, salt to heartaches far away, but a child brand new, laughs at everything, even if it isn't true, don’t gamble all and say, love to me is nothing, can’t cheat the turning page, find a place to sing.

Raymond Three

I’ll let you know, what people feel, almost in their bones, the jilted smile's stain, hung in every valley, they see it every way, take your time right now, those nights without mercy, the river always flows, why seek the pouring rain, to peer in mountain streams, get by day to day, nothing to bestow, from other crazy schemes, life's no picture show, you’re a long time away, to live within a team, face the dread uncertainty, what you did was wrong, we see how you've been, stay to warm your toes, there is another dream.

Raymond Two

I’ll let you know, what people feel, almost in their bones, the jilted smile's stain, hung in every valley, they see it every way, take your time right now, those nights without mercy, the river always flows, why seek the pouring rain, to peer in mountain streams, get by day to day, nothing to bestow, from other crazy schemes, life's no picture show, you’re a long time away, to live within a team, face the dread uncertainty, what you did was wrong, we see how you've been, stay to warm your toes, there is another dream.

Raymond

Forget all these clowns, that come to woo her, many without elan, as loud as her woes, ships blow their hooters, every song sings of home, not just her gown, that makes them swoon, who can fault her tan, she glides without throne, in bars full of huwers, she'd rather be alone, nothing’s quite by chance, her eyes are ruined, but everything comes to pass, barefoot she raises a laugh, what can they do to her, with hard countenance, strange in these ocean towns, these faded boozers, no sight of her crown, only the sewer.

Martina Four

You'll pay a heavy score, my face is savage blue, love is swollen raw, no sense of ease, always in your Queue, you never do say please, I’m not divined by whores, sitting here in the gloom, a footfall for your cause, it’s bad on this street, no one hears good news, only someone scream, I hack at lonely chores, turn my life askew, sweat in furious pause, why shout and swear at me, spitting out your spume, only fools don’t heed, Christ, you rage and score, you never were my glue, praying at some lonely door, I’m already over you.

Martina three

Is water in your blood, in this house of whispers, who says it does no good, places you want to claim, don't need a chorus, gentle hearts along the freeway, smothered by time go bust, leave someone here a bonus, be prepared for this, find another brain, simply do what time insists, knowledge is always pain, maybe you need a tug, sail away without a ship, when rain feels like dust, search for love again, walk the middle distance, never bow to shame. an Ocean never floods, why make a fuss, there's life in this'hood, plenty for all of us.

Martina Two

Is this how we imitate, our inventive best, when we twist and shake, open every door, to mend our fences, wake up sore, fuelled with what we take, like all the rest, we won’t hesitate, fools sing for applause, faith brings us to the test, does two and two make four, the night's cool probate, scatters our innocence, no matter what cost relates, the drunken poor, ask for our presence, leave us the floor, the search for gain, is the cask they blend, don’t send them away, they're our new friends.

Martine

Is this really the place, to ask the reason why, my love's ashamed, the haze of loss and show, he beats out his time, nowhere else to go, soaked on an island main, desolate in his cry, he always tries to calculate, what I need to know, no longer beats the sky, wooden box or one-way blow, when he jumps rail, boxcar irons safe to climb, eschews the spikes of jail, his lips won’t go, near this sweetheart’s tie, witness the gentle furrow, no easy way to fake, what hurts him deep inside, takes it to his grave, eyes open wide.

Sean Four

Do you think when beat, perhaps with a common air, you can rescue everything, if love’s the same, heaven’s a place to share, with my good name, when in depths of need, have a go at taking care, it's not easy being free, getting there’s the game, never short of pleasure, when it's up the lane, I know how to keep, a wooden face on stairs, bars are my sole conceit, anyone I can tame, mould on hard chairs, maybe use the chains, will anyone see, the gaps between my hair, eyes lit up like kerosene, my breath gone somewhere?

Sean Three

Don't say get a grip, when I fail down below, let another moment slip, I don't need drugs to pray, sooth my bones, my quest to get away, stowaways have surly lips, manacles of wretched homes, others take a coin and flip, tired jokes and spirits flay, on 49 different time zones, lies in everything they say, they make your eyes dip, will consumptive hollows, take another nip, won’t know how I sleep, if I can act grown, when faith takes a leap, wonder if I make this trip, will the wind moan, nail me in a coffin ship, c'mon baby let’s go.

Sean Two

Your kisses leave me, shivering on the train, tongues beset by family, your wailed news, runs dead across my face, more jelly for the blues, who knows what to believe, but a growing grain, of blessed relief, who bears the crew, to these dockside gates, they always face the truth, a swollen handkerchief, a stillborn fate, a star across the sea, you wouldn't believe how cruel, life can be, before sunrise looms, but your tears can't reach, me on my way, don't spoil my dreams, this November day.

Sean

You like sugared tea, tears are lachrymose, jokes, not your repartee, once might have been so, you suppose, never one to atone, the wind starts to ease, ride out the blow, replace it with certainty, the moon meets your tone, you'd never close, doors on their going, who needs the sea, why bother to roam, when you can believe, kids are still at home, their mother's fine, you fix a drink alone, when they all leave, you’ll change your clothes, huff to the lavatory, weigh twenty stone

Raith Three

It's been a while, so there you go, wait like a child, when donkeys start to bray, or the cock crows, you'll have your say, no need to find, what you rarely own, on boardwalk miles, a star shows the way, frozen in your clothes, this is no play, kid you don't mind, just another show, never mind the time, stay here a while, wrapped up in the snow, you have some style, sit by a fire, don’t worry or scold, try to stay kind, a smile in your bones

Raith Two

Will you stay the same, beneath the trees, each time we separate, remember the times, we drank in the heat, sat drinking wine, now a morning shame, it's not just our feet, in this tired game, believe me, I'm fine, I dream of the sea, to me it's no crime, what does it take, with my dawn novena, to see you again, smile like a hurricane, fix you something to eat, watch you hesitate, why can’t you remain, the sun sinks uneven, cars fill up their lanes, wait until evening?

Raith

The diagnosis half true, you smell the Limes, on a tree-lined avenue, act like you know, the tests that bind, blowhard on your bones, hope holds you aloof, to knows if they’re right, except there's no clue, you won't be alone, in this cosy light, to break out the stones, you sit near the flue, it's not like a crime, for a fire to warm you, you have to keep going, each lonely night, when the kid's phone in, say you’ll be fine, drink leads to ruin, just a strange time, to ask if you're through?

Maya Three

You say it’s time to leave, don't really want to know, if you want to see, you just want away, to live or die alone, dig your own grave, our love is bittersweet, no human need for home, children, big dreams, shifting silence of your sea, you dance on moonlit bones, I want to stay pretty, sing along and pray, the only song I own, before you jump the gate, can you hear me keen, locked to an iron stove, like the cave of Euripides, please don't push me, I only weigh eight stone, who are you to grieve, when you bob and moan?