Forty Six

Search for desolate fuel, set a passage clear, nothing else will do, we carry all our home, to somewhere not so near, better than going alone, nothing left to rue, set sail for different years, from all we once knew, my talk makes you groan, what else for a career, don't worry about the tone, dance these torrid blues, find something else that's dear, no need to feel spooked, dream of other rules, ached visions at our rear, golden domes unused, take another loan, perfume for tentative ears, on twisted paths we're blown, bring me sparkling jewels, let me laugh through tears, who needs to be cruel, sweep away the fear.

Forty Five

Look at me you Nerd, I'm shaping up to leave, are you scared, like fish swim away, can't your eyes see, don't say I'm great, I can take the hurt, your song of the sea, not really being there, always too late, as if you'd need, to post me in a shipping crate, why worry if I slur, know what might have been, you don't care, won't even kneel to pray, for a life of ease, nights when I'm off the rails, is it my grey hair, do I need new teeth, will hope get you there, look at me I plead.

Forty Four

Give your eye to trains, don't ever hear them moan, showcase it's your way, forget what's on your mind, in a life of soul, you're not the lonely kind, singing makes you resonate, turns us all to stone, hands strain across your face, you won't take fright, pleading like a dope, for any note you find, always go against the grain, stay out there alone, don't worry if they hesitate, your songs make them unwind, think it's you they own, not what's deep inside, bum notes make you late, all your deeds on show, it must make someone change, where else can you go?

Forty Three

I seek the right tone, that Freeway's no Spa, love is a joke, a trail that's well used, searching for your Da, life circles around you, Saints can reveal their bones, it won't take you far, can't do passion alone, you don't need a feud, at some throwaway bar, to know what to do, don't drink alone, your voice gone la la, wait for me to come home, before heading for the blue, when we wave ta ra, dance away all our dues, ours not a lucky star, safe within a credit zone, songs inside you whisper Pa, nowhere we can phone.

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. .