Billie

When you start to say, ask why I swim alone, please give me a break, you sit on the wire, won't make a run, not like me a flyer, not a second to waste it's lonely on stones, you have to keep pace, not listening to the cryers, if my bed’s rough-hewn, movement calms all desires, gives me this day, not some bungalow, where you can bray, we're not Greek Sapphires, who shine to atone, draw air to their fire, life is a holiday, far from this quagmire, don't worry about fame, to know we're going.

Amelia

Never one to search for gain, every track burnt, don't ever show the pain, get sore, forget what you learnt fixing broken doors, no matter what it takes, you’re always there, to ungrateful ‘probates, fools sing for applause, they include your parents, you know the score, no need to remonstrate, say try for your best, what difference does it make, two and two make four, all us kids are different, never ask for more, but when the night breaks, their poor investments, shatter and quake, down to you then.

Zaylee

Ask like you know, how I feel, in my bones, that smile's a strain, weathered by the fields, the falling rain, take the time right now, unlock without a key, your concerned brow, why seek to pray, you don't fool me, gaze at passing trains, ken what's gone, from all your schemes, even local picture shows, you never went away, kept me in some dream, now face the coming day, plough the endless furrow, I wasn't born to please, before the cock crows, everyone will see.

Yolanda

Don't ask me what's new, never one to help the poor, always smart on cue, you wouldn’t give ease, no matter who called, any sense of relief, fools are there to queue, waiting by the doors, you’d bust any curfew, bad guys on the street, hardly make you pause, even to hear the screams, no one can break through, hands that hand out chorees, make them sweat anew, you know where you've been, with your filthy mores, will you ever bleed, you’re not my glue, spinning like a sycamore your head full of tunes, someday you're caught.

Xareni

My song creates good mojo, nothing to be taught, you know who's it for, it jumps like a bean, whoever takes the tour, always lands on me, I'm just this bag of bones, a lender of last resort, loans don't let you doze, each tune you get to see, brings you back for more, makes you dig this scene, come dancing to my zone, like you used to before, our time is never done, it floats across the sea, your trousers sweep the floor, say hello to dreams, laughter smooths our tones, brings solace to the poor, tempers all our groans, opens any door.

Vida

Don't care how I rage, in winter's iron claw, you can’t beat the cage, there's not many tunes, in spring's shallow maw, clouds ride blue moons, work is just a game, not everyone's your whore, puts salt on my tail, song's ring out on cue, what a cache they hoard, smokers trick to use, coffee times in train, it’s all such a bore, can't love break away, somehow light the fuse, no one finds the door, conceal bitter feuds, who is there to blame, why make them roar, I've played all my games, shouts ring the shore.

Ully

Is it fear of rain, a bird on the wire, that you rage against, shuffling in the gloom, waiting by the fire, no one flies to you, many come this way, once pestered for hire, you look in their face, to do what you do, your eyes full of ire, must hate being you, no offerings made, a burnt out tyre, is all that you gave, someone else's due, others lost desire, nothing becomes you, the miracle you crave, turn tongues into liars, love you betrayed, a funeral pyre ?