Izzy

Living here's no paradise, never makes the news, somewhere not so nice, we could be in space, stars and sea like glue, better than in this place, who wants bitter strife, accept what we can do, some wait all their lives, our song still resonates, holds a ring of truth, remember when we had dates, this district tells us why, always a song for you, beyond sodium pikey lights, it's what we create, Saturdays's our hullabuloo, we don't hesitate, home is to stay up nights, drink and sing and cook, maybe it's the way we try, look for everything good.

Harlow

Since you've been away, i don't know what to do, but each night pray, brokenn the sacred mould, say its finished for you, need to leave this home, watch ships in the Bay, funells blow what's new, no more bailing hay, when you had to go, forever bent the rules, it's better on your own, your hair is now grey, sup your bowls of gruel, you've eaten all your cake, confined within your bones, what is there of truth, nothing but fine margins, sing your lonesome blues.

Gerry

I put away the years, his lovely face warm, laugh over a happy beer, geese rise in the sky, fly above the farm, they know of your plight, say why you're really here, stretch out wilted arms, cards marked and left in fear, just across the heights, you're not that far, but atay for the night, in long alcohol tears, spell out what's been lost, need to make parts cleat, a veil passes my sight, what's broken hits the alarm, if you've had a fight, I'll undwestand

Ferdy

What you have been taught, to always play the fool, bores you as an unread tort, nothing more to say, try to make life smooth, drive in falling snow flakes, go where life is fraught, rage against the Blues, spin through winter's court, think of sunlit days, the sea still surrounds you, just go within its frame, no books or items bought, home provides no clue,, life is more than nought, set your heart ablaze, the trail is well used, everyone what you cannot do, you;re going anyway.

Ella

You say up your game, ask how much we chance, shuffle what remains, listen to our muted song, who would ever chance, all the things gone wrong, watching the rain, sheet down naked footpaths, you pause in refrain, sing the ease of crowded bars, cargo ships and sunlit France, rooms with dark marks, red lips white faced, cigarettes smoked and laughs, sipping fine champagne, here we just bumble along, flying by our pants, wish we were better strong, watching while lighted trains, moan thru' stations underpass, burning like flames, we're not like tramps.

Dorothy

Blows flame into my bones, shares jokes in the dust, then she stays alone, knew her from the jail, a blanket on the dust, always cheery never fails, brought her own console, with that smell of musk, a woman so strong, ice blue on her nails, files them till she's bust, absorbed in all her ways, no one asks for loans, dry cake without a crust, in what she has foregone, haunts me like a ghost, I did what i could, smoke cigarettes on the phone, she rides away at dusk.

Clara

Ask me to ferment desire, a place with faded windows, it just suits me fine, I can play the mule, let you warm your toes, but not as a fool, nearly young with a smile, love free to bestow, you can stay a while, my cabin's smoky blue, what it doesn't show, dreams my folks refused, their hopes on midnight wires, more than you;d evet know, echoes down warm nights, C'mon fill your boots, a chance not to blow, the way we've been used, want you to deny, all my joys and sorrows, rage against the light, walls sleep in the glow.