Ray

I’ll take a ship to France, do you want me to stay, beg for another chance, don't get so cute, the way life is framed, you're no fool, in fact you're banned, once again nailed, start to prance, we’re not so cool, lies mere details, we don’t run smooth, don’t look askance, when I start to rail, passion can pass, shame doesn’t bother you, nothing more to say, you won’t need tunes, to slide down the scale, will you take my hand, look at me again, say I’ve got some class, call my name?

Carthy Four

Can't get around the news, that you’ve slipped away, your note tells the truth, you stepped off the Metro, finished up your days, left me with the loans, I haven't got a clue, what in heaven's name, I’m going to do, everything we call home, doesn’t glisten the same, the dogs see you go, I sing hopeless tunes, trapped within their gaze, everything is blue, you just left us alone, as if it was some game, made jelly of our bones, I am a bitter fruit, to put upon your plate, ask where you are going, dancing in the rain?

Carthy Three

Since you've gone away, I don't know what to do, but each night pray, laugh in the hurricane zone, see your face in whirlpools, above me like a drone, sickened every day, the sea still surrounds you, wonder if there’s a way, you’ll send me a loan, you don’t want to, gardens need to grow, walls are turning grey, say I never loved you, as if I’m on the make, don’t want to be alone, not saying isn’t true, I’m just a rolling stone, my eyes are like jade, I’ll resist any curfew, lying by the drains, on dreary afternoons.

Carthy Two

Like a ship on the sea, I swear to the night, let me find the quay, a shoal of lost hordes, all in flight, signal the poor, seek my lost fidelity, between moon and sky, you let me see, from the earth's back door, a terrible why, floats from the ocean's spoor, curdled in the weeds, their arms held tight, who will set them free, get them to the shore, do what's right, contain the furore, please rock me gently, say everything's fine, be kind baby, look at my eyes.

Emily Three

Clouds unfurl in the sky, death brings no easy due, even when you die, who cares what’s at stake, it always comes for you, forever burns in your grate, something deep inside, not just any ordinary due, makes you want to cry those barriers I make, not to look a fool, who cares if I’m great, however high you fly, love is not immune, but always worth a try, lying's if you castigate, something lost inside you, whenever you walk away, on troubled nights, we’ve had a few, spare me the questions right, I guess you knew.

Emily Two

Across from the pub, where we drink wine, she gives me a shove, the deals behind Primark, to her is no crime, grabs hold of my arm, she looks up above, lost in her time, the years she went bust, hair like a jump start, she hasn't a dime, no one takes her part, we met in some club, initially fine, where no one has luck, never easy or calm, she tells many lies, a wandering star, and lays down lost looks, says everything's fine, asks me to rub, the pain in her side.

Emily

She has some spark, her lovely face lights, early as the lark, she hankers for love, most of her nights, doesn’t worry what's above, in a supermarket car park, they ask her why, she hangs around bars, says we all need a crust, black suits her fine, she doesn’t drink doubles, never walks far, to gossip is a crime, each step another car, works without gloves, unlike other times, Okay, when it's good, but never a chart, to show us what's right, she’ll give it some thought, maybe next time.