One One Two

Hail a ship for France, say what you want to say, won't get another chance, please let me act true, when life is tamed, you're no fool, face it you're canned, if you let me hail, the wonky dance, tell you what to do, when kindness fails, we’ll make things smooth, don’t look askance, this room's dark pale, a passion prance, something might accrue, nothing more to say, so little left of you, sliding down the scale, you used to make me pant, whirl me around again, let’s go to Paris.

One One One

Beat at my walls, flit amidst the rain, hover at infirmary's door, thank god you’re home, it is to my shame, I always want to roam, what am I doing this for, forever gone by train, I'm not wanted by the law, why can't I atone, dance away the strain, know love is not a loan, you look at my score, your face a savage shade, you’ll soon pay you roar, don't spit on the floor, or screech out the refrain, you're not needed anymore, you always touch the bone, I never want to say, the time is too raw, to face myself again.

One Oh Ten

Some nights i ask why, we can ever atone, stars shine out like fire, might as well be shame, our time in lousy homes, still that far from fame, you gaze within my sight, the wind runs cold, you're gone another time, are kids and dogs your game, then why get stoned, just keep sane, when you hear me cry, don’t leave a hanging phone, it's not enough to sigh, buy some rusty nails, get those jobs done, a house is not a jail, no matter how we fight, or strain our yellow bones, we can do this right, outside the credit zones.

One Oh Nine

Pillows furl beneath the sky, death brings no easy due, even when you lie, who cares what is fake, it comes for you too, even if not to taste something deep inside, not just an ordinary blue, makes you want to scythe, those barriers you make, they say look you fool, who are you to ordinate, however hard you try, love is not immune, don't tell them to apply, dying's when you castigate, something outside of you, whenever you walk away, these troubled nights, that bring bad news, ask a hundred questions why, as if you knew.

One Oh Eight

In the Summer light, you look over the poor, huddled by the security line, it's hot for the season, sons and daughters, share the same freedom, out on the dusty side, a bitter truth’s born, don't need an inquiry, to walk up the gully, lights over the border, sick of being, worry about time, if you'll be caught, in some policy drive, it gives a reason, to head for the slaughter, like a guilty plea, every walk of life, ends here comported, some bring their family, there's only one door.

One Oh Seven

Is it love of rain, or a blown out tyre, that you lean against, shuffling in the gloom, listening to the criers, no one jumps for you, if its a problem look away, they pester you for hire, it's never easy or brave, to do what you do, your eyes seek some tide, it is never blue, an offering to the saved, like an old fish wire, is this what you gave, whispering for someone's due, here's my coat to lie in, my song rings true, it's not defiled by drains, nor the tongue of a liar, the miracle I crave, lies waiting for the pyre.

One Oh Six

We'll let you know, how people up here feel, almost in their bones, that jilted smile's a strain, smothered in this territory, they'll see it anyway, take your time right now, those night's without a key, the river always flows, why not meet the rain, peer in mountain streams, don't have to catch a train, nothing to bestow, like those other crazy schemes, life's no picture show, you’re a long time away, to live within a dream, now face each coming day, you don't have to borrow, to see how you've been, stay and warm your toes, nothing's how it seems.