Oona

Lit up like some ocean bar, well within the credit zones, searching for a forgotten Da, only fools pay your dues, let you drink alone, leave you here to stew, you can only wave ta ra, before taking loans, that won't get you far, even without a feud, on throwaway 'phones, your ravaged face is Blue, your hair is like Safa, Saints reveal their bones, songs inside you whisper Nah, your trail is well used, but you won't leave home, life circles around you, yours is not a lucky star, that seeks the right tone, a motorway garage is your Spa, tales of love a joke.

Ned

Don't break holy orders, or claim upon your mother, stuff you swore, love's free to bestow, all the stuff you smother, a place without windows, can you see my core, like a scalded trooper, strapped to useless more's, whenever money's short, you'll curse your brother, we've paid our tort, hard stuff behind his door, fools live without bother, then run away fraught, no book or deeds bought, will lie you with our others, you ignore the call, who'll pay a heavy score, you've always been a Drover, love within you's raw, better take cover.

Nail

I won't say don't go, or ask you to align, my joys and sorrows, what you refuse, so many bright times, leaves you the loser, a chance to blow, on dancing wires, what you won't tow, still play the fool, who does what's right, always someone's mule, no more than show, in dreams cold light, you're looking old, in a place smoky blue, you don’t know, anymore what's true, a place without windows, around your fire, to warm my toes, i think about crying.

Nellie

I throw away the years, every pie has its crust, the laughs and happy beers, no life is too short, for those who say you must, in our summer town, she comes in like the deer, with a smell of musk, in hazy bars she appears, i knew she'd be caught, spinning pennies in the dust, she's never overawed, what brought her here, against everything she trusts, a woman so clear, no book or County Court, hides the fact she's bust, didn't do what i could, blows flame across my tears, shares jokes and puts, hope for those who disappear, geese rise in the dusk.

Neilson

You won't let me hail, anyone else to dance, rooms with darkened pales, you always play the fool, waiting for kindness to pass, try to make life smooth, nothing more to say, so little of pure chance, when you drive away, rage against these Blues, lilac as a lonely fast, don't let them get to you, my life is framed, and your face is tanned, gliding down the freeway, tell you what to do, pull over make a stance, you're no fool, twirl me 'round again, seek a ship for France, say what you want to say, you'll get another chance.

Norman

Stand by my unlit lamp, a tree, a bridge, shaking, i wait like a tramp, listen to some muted song, who would ever negate, a need to belong, better take a chance, if I play this game, the rest of it is Pants, hoping I'm not wrong, looking at the panes, stream down a naked bar, ask how much this path, will shuffle my remains, no more wounds to lance, someone will come along, say Heh Norm come the day, conjure up a mighty dollar, cigarettes and laughs, beer sipped like champagne, here life lets us dance, singing in the rain.

Nancy

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