Verity

Sometimes I ask why, can we ever atone, stars pale before my eye, might as well be Mars, for all I know, we're still that far, dreams beam on other times, winds ride blue and cold, here but out of sight, if it's love you want, don't get thrown, remain calm, when you hear me cry, put away the phone, it’s not enough to sigh, say we’ll buy another car, to keep away the gnomes, you don’t need a war, to see the coming cyclone.

Unity

You scatter good deeds, like pennies on the bar, kisses don’t change anything, blow all my pay, leave the door ajar, what a terrible waste, days wrung out like these, a message in a bottle, anything to break free, it’s a different age, you’d drive a Packard, now you're a chaepskate, what do you believe, in this warm hazy fog, salt of childhood dreams, dancing on the waves, am I the stuff you're not, please just keep me safe, love amongst the stars.

Tommy

I need you now, stepping off this train, that much is certain, roll me like a stone, won’t see anyone anyway, on the street or Metro, there is not a clue, how it will go today, seeing what you’re due, you arranged the loans, introduced me to that crew, made me be strong, now what’s new, my voice flares and fades, maybe it’s not your issue, when I used to moan, you tried erase, everything I called a home, It's me just the same.

Ruby

Can you tell me exactly, why does the back door, hang between moon and sky, what has been emptied, and other parts shown, on this Christmas night, we don't need an inquiry, when truth is sought, then epiphanies, witness the time, when you’re brought, to witness the sight, some stand politely, bring gifts as they're taught, it makes others happy, every walk of life, ends with the poor, faces of delight, shine here to each shore.

Quiana

Before my fame, I only thought of you, what would you say, shadows pass in blue smoke, against an awful truth, shocked again I'm broke, you always did play, the field of successful tunes, in this different age, at the clubs alone, long lively rooms, stripped me to the bone, inside the best cafe's, flowers and gas lamps bloom, by night and by day, holding a simple note, a loving crowd is soothed, like oven baked scones, It's hardly news.

Paula

You wonder why I pray, with kids like these, they'd lead you to cocaine, run a bath with foam, not living with the need, my loving isn't done, I hold your face, forget to say please, watch horizons dim in rain, the wind and stones, helps our belief, assists the journey home, fires me through my days, makes all troubles ease, I can stand the fray, each of my troubled tones, suddenly dances free, even when we’re storming, at least it’s a family

Oscar

You scream out the news, on troubled nights, as if studying a menu, all your different phones, left hanging on the line, the ones you loved gone, flames blaze up the flue, don't tell me how to cry, why you look so callow, it’s not me you cloned, swimming against the tide, everything turns hollow, no matter what you use, however much you try, you are not immune, writers always get blocked, something deep inside, shines beyond my shock, are you worth the ride?