Ivy

You like sugared tea, my tears are lachrymose, your jokes not for me, once it might have been, suppose you atone, wind turns in the chimneys, lets replace uncertainty, ride out the blow, Oh we'll have to see, nail your wandering feet, the moon makes to roam, lights pathways you leave, who needs the sea tides are very close, more faithful than your being, should I bother to stitch, the hung up clothes , now I've ceased believing, kids are still at home, I'll fix a drink alone, change into bright clothes, make some calls by phone.

Helen

Your kisses leave me, crying on the train, bad tongues raised in family, your shocked views, run dread across my face, more jelly for the blues, who knows what to believe, but a growing grain, brings blessed relief, who'll protects this crew, from the orphanage gates, do they hear the truth, a swollen relief, a stillborn fate, a tiny star across the sea, you can't see how cruel, life can be, before sunrise looms, your tears won't reach, me going away, guilt riddles my dreams, hope for better days.

Gabby

Don't say get a grip, when someone fails below, let another moment slip, I need strength to pray, sooth my chromes, my quest to keep awake, stowaways have surly lips, betrayed by wretched homes, others simply quip, tired jokes and life dismayed, on 49 different time zones, lies in everything they say, they make my eyes dip, consumption in their bones, pays to take another nip, who knows how I'll sleep, try to act grown, ask faith take a leap, wonder who'll end this trip, will the wind moan, nail me to a coffin ship, hunger in our soul.

Felicia

Is this the place, to ask the reason why, love's gone lame, hazed by loss and flow, I beat out my time, have nowhere else to go, soaked by gin and fame, desolate in my cry, I'd do it all again, what I need to know, you don't beseech the sky, ask for a one-time show, will youjump the rail, scale a mountainside, to see me happy again, my lips no longer glow, surrounded by your lies, leave me in a furrow, no easy way to fake, what hurts deep inside, spin me on my grave, eyes open wide.

Elodie

Do you think I'm beat, perhaps with a common air, you can rescue everything, if love’s the game, heaven’s a place to share, with my good name, try my depths of need, relinquish taking care, it's not easy being me, getting here’s insane, never short of treasure, astride the shipping lanes, I know how to keep, a wooden face on stairs, bars are my sole conceit, everyone I tame, can usually find me there, even without chains, will anyone see, the gaps between my shirt, eyes lit like kerosene, my breath elsewhere?

Davina

Is this how you imitiate, your inventive best, when you twist and shake, open every door, to level your fences, wake up sore, fuelled by what you make, time like all the rest, doesn't hesitate, fools sing for applause, faith brings a test, two and two is more, each nights cool probate, scatters your innocence, costs you to conflate, the worthless poor, who ask for your presence, like dust on the floor, in your search for gain, is each task tended, don’t send them away, you'll need friends.

Cherie

Is water in your blood, in this house of whispers, does it do any good, places you might claim, don't need a chorus, blossom along the freeway, Oh you're misunderstood, not for you my bonus, be prepared for trouble, hire another brain, tunnel what time insists, laughter follows pain, maybe you need a tug, sail away without a ship, when your dreams are dust, search for love again, tread the middle distance, never bow to shame. balance on the tidal flood, ride above the fuss, go beyond the crumbs, plenty is in all of us.