Forty Two

Don't pray in the rain, or swear upon your mother, stuff you can't take, hope is free to use, all the stuff you smother, a place without refuge, can you see that portrait, like a wounded trooper, strapped to a wooden frame, whatever money you lose, don't curse your brother, he's paid his dues, hard stuff fires the brain, fools live without bother, then run away, no book or dead curfew, makes you like the others, despite their call to ruin, you'll pay whatever gain, seeks you as a lover, spirit rise and dance away, don't you bother.

Forty One

If I warm my toes, around your fire, why do you start to cry, what you refuse, is for many a lie, the last of me losing, a chance to blow, on dancing wires, what you don't know, I'm just the fool, who pays for the crime, runs with the mules, no more's than how, doesn't make it right, by this act alone, my blood's smoky blue, why don’t you inquire, you know what is true, I'm looking old, you don't need a sign, this place without windows, screams out the time.

Forty

We share jokes and put, hope on those who disappear, geese rise in the dusk, no one hires a crown, to be ushered in here, for pulling her down, and those who are fussed, she'll always hold dear, they know what's been lost, in our summer town, where everything is clear, you know who is sound, someone to trust, she walks in like the deer, with a hint of musk, in hazy bars she's known, to hide away the fears, never on her own, we torch the falling years, each night is a must, the laughs and happy tears, a life before the dust. .

Thirty Nine

Hail a ship for France, say what you want to say, you won't get another chance, don't let me act untrue, life is framed, you're no fool, face it you're banned, if you let me trail, a creature's prance, i'll tell you what to do, when kindness fails, to make things smooth, why look askance, the room's a dark pale, passion always passes, kindness might acrue, nothing more to say, so little to needing you, sliding down the scale, God's sake make me pant, turn me around again, let's have another dance.

Thirty Eight

Your red lips flash ornate, in rooms where flowers grow, champagne cognac to chase, forget how much we blew, kick the need to know, polish lonely jewels, we'll always be ingrates, don't worry about the loan, celebrate what remains, you never deem to rue, the way we've been let down, no longer part of you, a worry without gain, at supper ask for bones, stumble in the drains, believe it's all a ruse, a dream of past night's gone, play some homesick blues, wouldn't it be great, to live life fresh anew, tumble in the rain, feel we never lose.

Thirty Seven

Since you've gone away, i don't know what to do, but each night pray, laugh in a hurricane tone, see my shape in pools, don't use me like a drone, or trick me anyway, the sea still surrounds you, you say there is a train, that leads to the foam, take me if you want to, but not just as a loan, walls are turning grey, you say howdydo, when you're on the make, but want to go alone, not singing of the Blues, with your bag of stones, your eyes shine like jakes, see me here in truth, rising on the plain, i will catch you soon.

Thirty Six

Fire and the evening light, where you can see what's true, save the times I cry, longing for that zone, that doesn't come with blues, North or Southern tones, this village is our life, it's always here to sooth, not lost on Freeway lights, puts jelly on our bones, accepts all we do, when we seek to quietly atone, living here's a paradise, we never makes the news, just want a better life, to shelter all that's home, this place is our glue, far from being alone, cities aren't that nice, no need to look through windows, , or feel a need to fight, to know who's screwing you.