Tammy

Windows paint strokes, startled by falling rain, shocked again I'm broke, skies shadow an empty beach, another bum holiday, brings no news to me, I used to be all aglow, does love bring clemency, when you need a loan, songs of that dismal cheat, echo lonely trains, why am I here please, they whistle and moan, to begin again, am I that far gone, death shifts on plates, or down the Freeway, he is not my mate, marks my bones, makes me cold as slate, circles my zones, I've a generous reach, everyone says, and like to screech, when someone delays.

Sacha

When you see a fading star, does it make you weep, knowing it’s gone so far, with children and dogs, can't I just keep, to a warm hazy fog, send space ships to Mars, please let me be, don't need fancy cars, that's not what i want, only certain release, from the stuff you don't, I'm like someone from afar, a spectre on bended knee, scraping at my scars, put water in my font, may all your prayers increase, tell me what's going on, play Blues in a boxcar, scatter all my needs, be tranqil at the bar, bring me peace.

Rosemary

You appear gone, your picture up in lights, glued to a wall. if love holds true, you know what I'm like, because I'm part of you, tell me you're still alone, no matter how we fight, crack our yellow bones, we are not for fools, dead before our time, won't heed any blues, you scream down a ‘phone, roll some fancy dice, flame into song, for all your reviews, dreams pass from sight, blow a stark truth, ride black and bold, across a winter sky, you sing less to atone, chanting to the fire?

Quenna

Working here's no paradise, it only takes two, to see our spikes, we could be great stars, make the sea like glue, stardust as we part, all it needs is better light, show what we can do, assist us on our flight, our songs still resonate, hung on trees turning blue, gone to a better place, this cafe' is our life, dances for me and you, even as a transport pike, doesn’t matter how late, we sing our kitchen tunes, just give us that break, play to easy nights, where we catch what’s new, see the way we slide, well outside the loop.

Patsy

Since you've been away, I don't know what to do, but each night pray, break my maddened stone, just do it will you, no one’s still at home, keep the time of day, cold skyline makes it true, nothing more to say, you always need to smoke, somehow play the fool, laugh like someone gone, the walls have turned grey, whisky is not my ruin, you've eaten all the cake, confined within this zone, there’s little more to do, gilded like an only one, we sing the joy of praise, see the creep of moon, will you come back again, take me as your due.

Orla

They say up your game, you lazy sycophants, less suffer what remains, listening to the old songs, who would ever lance, such need to belong, watching the trains, snake down a naked gap, sails in the bay, swells of crowded bars, cargo ships and shining paths, rooms with dark marks, red lips white-faced, we start again to dance, willing our tunes to play, better to rumble along, echoing holy chants, say we’re not wrong, before night's out today, we'll polish unlit lamps, take what comes our way, maintain our balance.

Nancy

She's light across tears, shares jokes in the dust, then disappears, we knew her from jail, a speaker for the just, love never fails, what brought her here, in the lilac dusk, no one's very clear, ice blue on the rails, travels till she's bust, she's tough as nails, no one can get near, a flame that never shuts, they know what to fear, cast aside parrot phrases, perfume echoes the dusk. her eyes ablaze, she haunts me like the deer, I did what I could, smiling she appears, a face misunderstood.