Quiana

Your kisses leave me, shivering on the train, tongues beset by family, your walled off news, runs across my face, more Gospel than Blues, I know I believe, but a troubling grain, burrows deep inside, who turns the screw, at these house gates, when looking for truth, a swollen handkerchief, a six pack crate, empties stars on the sea, sometimes think cruel, how life can be, but before darkness looms, I regain my dreams.

Penelope

They say get a grip, falling off the bar rail, listen mister i'm no drip, don't need booze to pray, sooth my tender state, the quest never goes away, juicers have surly lips, manacled to credit slates, others take coins and flip, tired jokes and spirits crave, different times of day, a lie in everything to date, it makes the eyes dip, cheeks sunk as hollows plates, wonder I'll make this trip, won’t know how to sleep, if I can juggle fate, let faith take a leap, forgive all my ways.

Ophelia

Is this really the case, to ask for reasons why, a place holds such shame, glazed by loss and show, he beats out his time, he's nowhere else to go, soaked on a distant train, desolate in his cry, he drinks whiskey straight, what I need to know, no longer tests the why, is he still my Romeo, when he jumps bail, boxcar irons safe to ride, he says we can’t fail, his lips won’t go, near this sweethearts lies, witness hie furrows, no easy way to fake, the way I turn aside, he'll love me to his grave, eyes open wide.

Nancy

Sometimes when I’m beat, dancing in a common lair, think to rescue everything, love is just the same, heaven's a place to share, not just a poker game, in the depths of need, please let me take care, even if it's not easy, to forget my good name, say that I'm always there, become a right pain, but know how to keep, a wooden face on stairs, bars to wet my beak, anyone can feel shame, scolding on hard chairs, if they bring out chains, I won’t stay here.

Maria

Is this how we stimulate, our inventive best, when we twist and shake, prise every back door, to mend our fences, if we'll wake up sore, fuelled in what we take, is our life a test, little time to calibrate, fools sing for applause, we just want some rest, lead us off this floor, the night's cool probate, scatters our truculence, can agonised stars relate, pity the wandering poor, why ask for pennance, we could do much more, than show our ignorance.

Lainey

If water's in the blood, in this house of whispers, who says it does no good, places you want to claim, don't come without risk, I'll sing my song anyway, dilute the time gone bust, grab at all of this, let me seek his trust, take another train, do what love insists, knowledge is always gain, maybe I need a tug, to sail without a ship, mouth bitter as dust, search for salt again, walk the middle distance, never bow to shame, the ocean always gives.

Kamila

You'll pay a heavy score, my eyes are savage blue, love is a running sore, my sense of ease, lies always in the gloom, you never did say please, I’m not just a whore, sat here dressed for you, a football to your cause, it’s worse on the street, no one brings good news, silence if someone screams, I hack at lonely chores, turn my life askew, sweat in a furious pause, why shout and swear at me, giving out your spume, only fools don’t see, my need rid of you.