Phoenix

The year Lady passed away, I couldn't get past 19, youth shrunken day to day, hated that she died alone, missing everyone from the Street, on the Avenue or Metro, but you were an angel, my heart was missing beats, sustained by rage, you arranged the loans, sang all her songs with me, put jelly on my bones, before her great fame, she knew what it was to be, promoted as an underground baby, then you stopped the phones, said I'd broken free, have to do it on your own, Now I sing about waste, but also her great resume', so when my voice is raised, it honours her sincerity.

Ollie

Shadows make strokes, against the falling rain, shocked again i'm broke, echoes of an empty field, doctor's remedy sad holiday, it's news to me, at the bus stop alone, loss brings no certainty, I really need a loan, songs have a dismal feel, lonely whistles come off trains, rush to beg and wheedle, love's missing on your bones, cats trip down the Freeway, they know to mark zones, suddenly I'm released, sunlight cradles my face, bright as a bird at sea, my soul soars reclaimed.

Nora

They say he's been a champ, but walks with weary gait, senses my cologne is damp, I'll ask him to my table, brought here by old waiters, to feed his eormous frame, not a picture to look upon, swaying like a knave, sighing his work is done, unshaven in gaiters, a gas fired winter cafe', he wonders if I'll faint, women around me act alone, love his oily battered face, a hundred ways to charm, fighting's brought him fame, his museum a lonely place, smiles at uncertain forays, I stare from under my lamp, wet lights above his name, is the world his caravan, does he know his own game ?

Maisie

You've paid all your dues, confined within that space, sift what's left of you, new horizons gifted to share, never made your plate, seize something as your turn. fired as a lover's swoon, feel the joy of praise witness the cusp of moon, rage against all's not fair, that drives anyone away , thank God life is spared, this night of winter fugue, throw darkness to the waves, feel phosphorous surround you, leave without a backward care, home's not all that great, play a well used dare, pretend it's all a game.

Lena

You need to take care, I look at the rain, anywhere else is nowhere, don't know what to do, but each night pray, i won't come back to you, As if you might share, I hear myself say, no more lies to bare, all finished me and you, since you chose delay, for other things to do, love's not always fair, to watch time slip away, make a sound unheard, sometime sing the blues, what it does to take, ruin every bit of good, always wanted to compare, as if a faulty drain, water dampens your hair, turns it grey again.

Kaylee

When you see a fading star, does it make you queasy, knowing you can go so far, If its firesides and logs, just float like a seal, in a warm hazy fog, why not fly to Mars, forget about tranquility, fashion your own spar, if it's not what he wants, try the singing wheel, spin out stuff you don't, holy water's in your socks, not all cards are dealed, just know what's going on, be like someone from afar, roving across the sea, sailing like the Cutty Sark, let him do serenity.

Janice

You appear stoned, your picture up in lights, big letters dance on walls. if love holds true, knows which notes to rise, they go wild for you, tell me you're not lonely, no matter what the sight, strains to belt out tones, they call you Miss Fortune, wise before your time, how you wish it true, screams from the auditorium, dreams of roadie paradise, flames without a home, your brassy lovely soul, blazes beyond our night, but desert wind blows cold, clouds ride black and blue, in evenings of winter fire, do you sing to atone, life turns out alright?