Teagan

It's been a while, so there you go, a weight in my side, when donkeys bray, or the cock crows, let me have my say, no need to unbind, what we barely own, walk all these miles, a star shows the way, frozen bright alone, not here to play, if you don't mind, it's not your show, remember the time, hear music play, wrapped in the snow, is this our holy day, so light me a fire, desire in my soul, try to be kind, don't put me on hold.

Scarlett

Must you take sugared tea, sweeteners lachrymose, little jokes your repartee, once you might have glowed, I suppose, but still live at home, will pain starts to ease, riding out the blow, if you discount uncertainty, earth spins on its globe, something you can't close, a door behind a stone, who needs the sea, why bother to roam, when you have Ma's equity, kids are on the 'phone, fix a drink for three, all's well you know, is there space for me?

Riley

Forget that crime will you, the sentence to come, drink red wine and feud, replace those burst lips, what passes for love, won’t alter this, digest broken fugues, say you’re no good, dipn't care for truth, all that makes you skip, is there to discover, you only need a ship, never to entwine, your silence in blood, delete fragments of time, you’re not so much bitter, to hand out the scrubs, laugh like big hitters, pull on your gloves.

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.