Lynchy

The part of you we knew, used to play it short, raged at life around you, in this consumer light, you’re gone without a call, not very wise, nothing gives us a clue, no print or written law, if your trail’s well used, did we know your plight, or try to stop you go, with your cards so slight, we’d never be so rude, to bleat of others' woes, hard to make the rules, what we know of you, let us not postpone, stuff that’s hard to do, when you face the Court.

john Lynch

You say that you rule, working on the bread line, regarding the fools, think you're so great, before other's demise, stop before it's too late, it’s making you cruel, regard what’s going on inside, the face of Mr Cool, once again, your eyes dance like fireflies, you’ll have your way, but a poor gruel, overcooks these lies, if it’s all you do, lost in this game, strike before the time, of who holds the reins, burnt out mules, may offer you insight, but what's a greater wisdom, than being kind?

Karina

The love you sow, never goes to waste, everywhere you sound its echo, you have no need, to circle each new day, or save enough to flee, in garments sewn, by a drunken oblate, this is all you know, songs, flowers, pieces, to keep you engaged, don’t need to be free, you’ve already flown, away from his name, makes you sing as you go, a house by the sea, tides and winter and flame, make you happy, brilliant songs, whisper your fame, you are the full show, stars shape your passage.

Puffa

Do you remember the sea, the swell and the spray, our dance of Thebes, now the kids have flown, gone away, have their own homes, we dance on the beach, at the end of Sunday, our loving done within reach, each part of the gloom, is suddenly drained, somewhere in the blue, you touch my knee, show me the way, my troubles cease, I'm windblown happy, I hold your face, love this soul café, catch moments like these, listen to what I say, buy me chips and mushy peas, watch my eyes dilate

Eugenia

Would you even care, in breaking up the pattern, It’s gone beyond a dare, have you read the news, with your open wallet, I'm not in love with you, your talk around me squares, squeezes like I'm fattened, despite the way things turn, carry on that eager you, under dreams of white satin, you'll never know what's true, stones won't light this girl, ships can sail forgotten, I’ve so much more to learn, it’s warm on this avenue, God is not for mocking, not part of your crew, blue sourball summer swirls, you won’t see me rocking, it isn't me you've turned, lost among the blossom.

Lawyer Murphy

We claim and duly swear, first to hit the spot, is the one who gets them in, no drama or lucky stars, boring debts and mounting cost, we’ll always buy a jar, under the sun’s bright stare, the sidewalk lit with dots, no one hides in here, anyone who makes their mark, another folds the cards, there are no easy documents, perfumed tables lay bare, rusty nails our lot, we always have to share, danger near or far, before any cop, Has Been or Jack Tar, sheds a tear, from streets sweaty and hot, we’ll defend our turf, it’s all we’ve got.

Patrick

It sometimes works a treat, sitting stunned around a pool, vodka tonics daiquiri cherries, what your head can't undo, your bones won't fool, the wish to denude, on yellow sand redeem, all that hides from you, scrubbed white by the sea, you can’t shake this mood, until you hear the news, just how much you lose, it's hard to be discreet, what you've been through, so try to murmur easy, when your fire turns blue, let trees haunt the avenues, they can’t disguise the truth, all that now’s left empty, will fill the hole in you, you’ll find sudden energy, no one casts you loose. we'll never fall apart, beside these walls.

Peter

Sober enough to ask why, this way’s been chosen, before anything we can deny, more a sombre space, your mouth frozen, by tired phrases, sing your favourite lines, the time done with roses, made better when you try, wave all the great stations beyond a life hopeful, shrunken or awakened, even at the graveside, witness love's cloaking, clouds sail the sky, what settles on your face, neither time provokes, nor blows away the traces, a paper at your side, an accountant’s notebook, more a wish to verify, what truth gets spoken.

Mathilde

If trouble's in your blood, in this place of whispers, who says it does much good, rivers you can name, don't need a chorus, repeat them just the same, times they say you should, be prepared for this, or go nuts, they'll find another way, don’t do what they insist, their knowledge drives you crazy, maybe you need a hug, go away without a ship, rain that falls like dust, when you're free again, push the middle distance, make the Ocean your frame, ride their cool diagnosis, the worry in their lists, blow for tugs, choose to live.

Greens

Easy enough to ask why, we've been chosen, so much here to deny, laugh at all the crazes, they try to impose us, invoke stupid phrases, ask what’s our favourite line, act as If well spoken, will the world catch fire, they wonder if we’re lazy, in work shirt and overcoat, sweet days of praying, roll out the usual lies, verify love's soaking, clouds lower the sky, green in our furious phases, we bow in cold assurance, dance away the traces, a flower lifts our smile, just some little token, more than any pride, we stand here unbroken.

Fiona

Don't forget you're better, red lipstick on your lips even if they stick together, you don’t come here to booze, kissing your fingertips, there's even more good news, love is not forever, when you laugh and skip, time at all or never, kick off Monday’s shoes, roll around your hips, now’s the time for truth, nothing beats duress, giving liars a clip, an artist’s hope at best, who needs a little dress, when you paint like this, his songs play your request, would you be lesser, if you stood there stripped, binned all his letters, wise in what you miss?

ciaran

You like strong tea, tears lachrymose, fill up the breach, never one to blow cold, you won’t let it go, face crowned with thorns, jokes your repartee, might have once been so, your thoughts start to weave, littered with scorn, why beat that drum, this café’s your home, it replaces uncertainty, the moon in your dome, wants to believe, now the kids have gone, you and her alone, whisky the scouring stone, when they leave, do you try to atone, walk back to your seat, admit that you're wrong?

Tony

I'm forever beat, even with a common air, but hope rescues everything, I need to buck up, heaven is a place to share, sometimes needs a little shove, when I’ve gone to seed, have a go at taking care, it's not easy being free, get dressed feel the bug, never short of prayer, a signal to those above, I know how to keep, a house and wooden chair, drink is my sole conceit, fire brings on the tug, lovely faces dance on stairs, lamp lights shine with love, can everybody see, the gaps between my hair, do I need new teeth, will my smile fit anywhere?

laura

Working here's no paradise, it’s always in the news, people aren’t very nice, could as well be jail, coffee and cake like glue, love’s a broken gate, all I want's a better life, show what I can do, need a little respite, my songs are well regaled, the arias too, a pity I don’t flay, this cesspit full of lies, little pieces made of you, don't ask me why, what has been created, boils away like stew, I’m not an easy play, home’s for me no searchlight, when it beams on truth, this time of early night, sheds no pretty hues.

Lauren

I live in a haze, sheltered from the wind, pinned here like cellophane, best not to moan, or set a new trend, please give me a loan, I won’t jump the train, disappear from the land, find a wicked way, in my best clothes, but enjoy being kind, even on my bones, make a whole life change, show how it could be, In love more than trade, when someone groans, I’ll shoot them a grin, move out of that zone, stoke up a blaze, break free of Gin, call out your name, you’ll understand.

Writers

We can sometimes squeeze, from each breath taken, a moment that's easy, that makes me swoon, face washed happy, in this bohemian room, outside is a sycamore tree, cars mark the way, sunlight parts the breeze, they’re playing our tune, forget lovely holidays, a lorry goes vroom, writing feeds our frenzy, the bed is a cradle, above is eternity, we’ll dance on this avenue, each thought castaway, tell our good news, till the house timbers creak, we’ll try and create, some lovely speak, say love is what stays.

Maria

In a café’ that’s dark, her lovely face shadows, she thinks of supermarket yards, dressed for night’s presence, across trolley she’s heard, they’ll take any bet, spirits with some spark, she comes here to allow, herself to carry on, it’s a rare clerk not cut to the marrow, when clearing her park, she can’t forget that lot, they don’t soar like arrows, precise in their movement, but feels their dreams makes lists when off clock, poetry’s her scene, if there’s ever a chart, to enumerate forebearance, then think of no-marks all of us vagrants.

Sasha

Here in an empty Saloon, I play this sad game, It does me no good, shadows make strokes, across the dirty bus lanes, shocked again I'm broke, songs of melancholy hue, drift from a guitar playing, they hang in the blue, down this long road, they say loss’s net gain, but when you need loans, who calls the tune, above wooden tables, it seeps into my perfume, better exist alone, with him off the rails, I’ll carry the load, due north are the Dunes, lying over the lake, what happens to truth, does it make waves?

Sophie

I'm not your latest grip, nor big sea, the yellow light hid, you ask about my lovers, with all their surly needs, they don’t have my number, what I want to live, to break belief, is fashion all my limits, find a place of wonder, witness the creed, like my denim sister, red nails and paper ribbon, showing is enough to bleed, it really is within my gift, enslave or encumber, a lifetime crossing ferries, the smells of sweet summer, you make me sound limpid, by title or deed, a matchstick in the river, so much more to me.

Christos

I need another home, somewhere else to stay, now that you’re gone, what I need to do, ship out all the waste, forget that other Dude, in troubled zones, find comfort in every day, try not to feel alone, the sea is lemon blue, cafe's swell with rain, I’m feeling nothing new, here in my bones, but know there’s a way, to take control, something in my mood, that doesn’t laugh and say, I want another you, brilliant pheromones, whisper your name, my waters hold firm, I'm moving OK ?

Caitlyn

A cold wind blows, it stokes a fear, suddenly in the shining snow, pearl doves arch above, nothing else comes near, their blazing breasts of love, shimmer on my work clothes, my smile is not dear, here are no antipodes, singing along my weather front, even if I take a beer, fly to those who give, their visions blown, I need no leers, a lifetime left to moan, I have the will to shove, that barrel of heartless cheer, into this marshmallow, I do design you know, love these killer years, a woman from stern to bow, let me make it clear.

Jacky

Why is it always you, that makes it seem, every day brings good news, not meant to live alone, lucky I don't know unease, especially in my café home, if the wind blows cruel, it won't stop our dreams, even if we shed a few, come over here dead slow, dance that twisted beat, reach me with mellow tones, sing when I need a tissue, now is just our history, one golden avenue, even on the days you moan, you're always easy, forget those blue notes, laugh the way you do, it's never just your solace, nothing frightens you, you make me believe.

Martha

Nothing’s left to stake, sing any song you choose, seek eternal escape, say like on a throne, he won't be wanting you, tell him you're not alone, reason says too late, to heal the broken dues, like a brigand seeks escape, you'll find a rolling stone, make all of life a tune, don't worry if you'll cope, find some tide or sail, any sea will do, another lover surely waits, a knife to the throat, sail across the blue, what is left to hold, except yours anyway, be captain of the purview, Oranges and the Spanish Main, your greatest muse.

Sarah

It's quiet here now, after years of the need, my face smooth as stone, I still see the place, where praise be, my soul will be saved, we arrived on the blow, to this shiny new café’, why God only knows, grant me the days, where I can act carefree, not hemmed by ingrates, men with barren tones, say have one on me, cry on my shoulder, plead for a stay, they’re here for a reason, to me it’s the same, in the blue dawn, bells ring exclusively, I make my way home, over there is the sea.

Rowena

You smile across the beach, a flash that lights the bay, salt hangs on the breeze, danger flashes in your eyes, something in your gait, no need to question why, you dab perfume for the heat, walk with a serious mien, smell the pine trees, you won’t toe the line, be tamed, no-one needs to cry, love has set you free, seaweed your cocktail, silk from a silken sea, red tiles shine this paradise, men chant your name, one step is just fine, speaking truth is never easy, when drink is the flame, no place for an Odyssey, the water’s your escape.

Matty

Now and then she’s right, am I just skimming, froth glitters on this pint, like the river off Burbo Bank, shining, arrowing, twisting, me a dark room crank, she loves the sunlight, knows her own following, if someone make her cry, lungs open like a tank, she knows how to fight, when everything turns black, next to me like a bride, her eyes moist and filling, she’ll give a loving sigh, tobacco blonde dank, her whole life is swimming, she’ll make out I’m slack, dance in the tide, her fame is just beginning, her smile like a knife, fresh, alive, skinning.

The First Chef

Will you be the same, a smile beneath the trees, each time we separate, the dollars and the dimes, bars stacked like wheat, we sit drinking wine, now it's a morning shame, not just my feet, that walk this tired frame, No I'm not fine, come back to me, don't ask me why, what does it take, a dawn novena, to have you back again, spiky as a porcupine, your body a litany, now is the time, why can’t you remain, where the sun rises even, cars fill up their lanes, and I hear you singing.

Malena

You who own the night, the wind hushed sand dunes, do you wonder why, I keep a cheerful romeo, beat away the blues, always on the go, forget the bitter times, all the brute untruths, the thought of infant’s sighs, dreams of flying solo, always glad to see you, since last time you phoned, the air plashes by, the evening's getting cool, some wait all their lives, others touch the stones, let them set the spume, what they had before, men whistle passing by, I laugh and hum a tune, say it's stupid to lie, my heart’s an open room.

Monica

Love holds the door ajar, my hair falls down unkind, nowhere gets me very far, I sit on a high stool, drink a little wine, God knows I need a few, you ask about my Da, Oh he’s fine, stuck as usual on the Bar, the money he blew, in a poor easy light, just to please some other fool, cruising in her fast car, he rocks around her lies, no wonder I’m scarred, there’s nothing cool, about the hurt inside, except that other part of you, viewed from afar, that sees each morning rise, like the northern star, knowing it’s my time.

Kevin

He reads and hums a tune, says its stupid to lie, he’ll enjoy this view, like a dog far from home, he doesn’t want a fight, just let him be alone, the elephant in the room, trumps another sigh, the grandkids make him blue, always late coming home, their ask’s a constant why, he worries where they roam, if they blow the juice, he’s sick of denying, what’s left to all of us, guilty people do atone, but this same snuffled exercise, like any runny nose, speaks some truth, her bum supplicates the light, what else is he to do, take up flying?

Jenny

I won’t say no , or ask you to sign, brush away those bitter tones, I know what’s at issue, when you burn like fire, set dreams loose, chances are I’ll follow, a chef dancing on a tyre, nowhere I won't go, you play the fool, echo what is right, pull out a tune, others dance fandango's, in morning’s cold light, rooms without windows, places smoky blue, where you can lose sight, of what is before you, please let me know, if I’m on your mind, riding high on the blow, checking out the time.

Corys

Who needs a shrink, when a lover somehow, always wants a drink, one day he might stroll, down this road like a clown, other times rotten lie low, I know what they think, he’ll always miss the furrow, his head down a sink, a display all his own, show them what he’s sown, outrage now he’s gone, I shudder at the stitch, a whole investment blown, work and strain and stink, who will want me now, face like an ice rink, heavy as jeans I’ve sewed, politics dull pink, sweat shines on my brow, ride away don’t blink, Chagall’s in the saddle.