Gemma

You never mind, their curses and blasts, always try to be kind, face set like a stone, when you feel trapped, it's best you go alone, won't get frightened, with men who are strapped, say you're divine, surround you like ghosts, first to collapse, knowing life’s not their own, your head won’t chime, with scarves worn for Mass, that's another time, woe, woe, woe, like shoes on a last, all they do is moan, they beg for more wine, slurp it aghast, you tell them it’s fine, you cook with gas.

Fara

A cold bright day, warms my bones, Comrade death is cheated again, you give money you’re cool, I live alone, you smile doesn't fool, no one carries freight, when they live at home, except those who ingratiate, say they need more proof, if they think I’ll groan, when I’m with you, there are no bad ways, blown in on weather zones, don’t explode my case, say you're doomed, tell us to march slow, I’m a woman without curfew, who'll cheat any fate, wears a red raincoat, puts flags in the grate, shines like a shiny stone

Elena

Don't break holy orders, lay claim to the others, all the stuff you swore, free to bestow, the love of your mother, a place without hope, can't you see the shore, like an iron soldier, welded to useless mores, whoever comes up short, you'll curse and blather, fix them with the law, explode without show, a life stripped of lovers, who dance on the blow, no good deed ever taught, makes you take cover, you ignore that call, a life without borders, always in trouble, life with you is raw, I'll love you forever.

Mel

I throw away the years, every life is dust, the laughs and happy tears, no one wears a crown, for those you never trust, along these Ocean towns, I arrive like the deer, with a smell of musk, withstand all their leers, hidebound, spinning pennies in the dust, I always hold my ground, what brings me here, shielding from their lust, a woman crystal clear, no matter what the harm, except the fact she's bust, but never down, blow flames across my fears, share bad jokes and butts, pray for those who disappear, somehow I’m a must.

Frederika

My lover asks, were you even born, you say nothing lasts, are these your ghosts, the dreams you’ve torn, that won't leave you alone, I adjust my mask, stroll down the lawn, I heed no troubled past, don't throw stones, at what I’ve known, if it stops me growing, I like our chit chats, not fool enough to pawn, a ticket like that, with love in my bones, I’ll create a storm, everyone needs a home, my key’s on the mat, don’t look forlorn, I don't do aghast, or roll up in sorrow

Stephen

Let me engage, your tattooed feet in dance, rooms glow in dark spaces, I know what to do, wait for kindness to land, try to make life smooth, there’s nothing in this game, rides on pure chance, when you pull away, you’re great at slow moves, a thief of lonely repast don't let them get to you, my life is framed, your face is tanned, gliding down the freeway, tell me sink a few, pull over make a stance, there’s only one of you, twirl me 'round again, throw me off balance, say what you have to say, I need another chance.

Hesta

I scatter all your needs, like ashes on the bar, nothing is so easy, blow away your pay, then fly afar, laugh at the terrible waste, a shrimp in the sea, a shipwreck in a bottle, you won't set me free, it's a different age, even if you drive a car, I still can’t wait, what about my needs, that warm hazy fog, a path to childhood dreams, I sing to the waves, all the stuff you're not, a pearl amongst the wreckage, drink is bad for me, songs leave too many scars, my face has turned pink, what’s going on?

Johnny

Standing by an unlit lamp, a tree, a bridge, shaking, looking like a tramp, I listen to the news, someone else to hate, other cuds to chew, better take a chance, if we play this game, we could go to France, hoping we’re not askew, wondering what's to gain, whatever else we do, all this talk of paths, they’ll scatter our remains, whenever there’s a chance, someone will bring a can, shout hooya what a day, drink before we’re asked, cigarettes and laughs, beer drunk like champagne, life here's a dance, we’ll kill it anyway.

Kelly

I sing the joy of praise, see the creep of moon, new horizons not always great, I say I have to go, like I play the fool, laugh like a bag of stones, not content with any place, or single line of truth, it’s for me the going rate, you want to plough alone, not enough to ground you, no one still at home, but roads are never straight, even when they’re new, trouble's still to rake, we won’t come to blows, take me if you want to, but not as a loan, since you've been away, we’ll try to find some glue, each night pray, we won't sing the blues.

Lauren/Lara

Living here's no paradise, it never makes the news, people here aren’t nice, could as well be jail, bricks and sea like glue, love’s a broken gate, all I want's a better life, accept what we can do, need a little respite, my songs are well regaled, the arias too, a pity that I crave, this cesspit full of lies, disco pieces made of you, don't ask me why, what has been created, boils away like stew, I’m not an easy gaze, home’s for me no searchlight, where it beams on truth, naked street nights, don’t shed pretty hues.

Mathilde

Some nights I ask why, can we ever fly alone stars burn out and die, it might well be Mars, for all anyone knows, we’re out this far, sailing through the starry night, the wind black and cold, it’s no place to lie, if its kids and dogs you want, ham falling off the bone, don’t start a new war, can you hear me cry, running out of furlough, it's not enough to sigh, we’ll buy a new car, see how fast she goes, stay where we are, even if the flame’s not right, create space in our home, lightning rides the sky, am I that far gone ?

Hesta

I scatter all your needs, like ashes on the bar, nothing is so easy, blow away your pay, then fly afar, laugh at the terrible waste, a shrimp in the sea, a shipwreck in a bottle, you won't set me free, it's a different age, even if you drive a car, I still can’t wait, what about my needs, that warm hazy fog, a path to childhood dreams, I sing to the waves, all the stuff you're not, a pearl amongst the wreckage, drink is bad for me, songs leave too many scars, my face has turned pink, what’s going on?

Ollie

I wait to be with you, standing on this station, feeling remarkably new, who wants to be that stone, when the tide’s gone away, left on the beach alone , there is no clue, why it’s turned this way give the Doctors their due, they blasted my bones, say that I’m saved tested my chromosomes, please give me your view, now the choice is raised, am I here with issues, before my eerie groans, you tried to accommodate, everything I called home, truth is what we do, good as new each day, play me happy tunes, sit me down and say !!!

Joe

When we begin to pray you dance and sigh, for lands far away, it's a lonely path alone, not having a light, an Iliad far from home, we sit out the fray, anchors hold the bite, ride the tide and wait, listen to the stones, it’s better than to cry, soon we’ll soon be gone, so far away, let us not fight, find reasons more to say, our horizon’s honed, lead us from this Bay, safe in our bones, there'll be no strain, the moon is our right, to bring us good days, this warm loving night.

Oriana

Can you identify, that easy thing, between moon and sky, what has been emptied, makes other parts cling, to this waterside, you need no inquiry, when dreams become nothing, and then buried, who needs a Dime, when we all think, here’s such a good time, some drive Mercedes, laugh as they sing, stuff that makes us happy, each stage of life, can end in a blink, some kiss their wives, in a summer's twilight, you might hear it ring, like bells on a kite, our need to believe. .

Sarah

It's quiet here now, after years of the need, my face smooth as stone, I still see the grave, where praise be, his soul is saved, we arrived on the brow, to this new territory, why only He knows, grant me the days, where I can act carefree, not hemmed in by prelates , men with barren tones, say have one on me, cry on my shoulder, plead for a stay, they’re here for a reason, to me it’s the same, in the blue dawn, bells ring exclusively, I make my way home, over there is the sea.

Valery

Don't blame it on fate, that love twists, a trick played too late, that earthly groan, like it has a stitch, has me gone, will something change, depends who's playing this, it'd be a cheek to say, spin me around my home, take music from the hits, throw me a bone, hearts slip in this space, tumble with the critics, waiting for a date, a dancer from another zone, with a yellow list, turns to me and goes, life can be a race, when you figure it, who will show their face, when something’s missing ? Valery

Asha

Laugh at hopes betrayed, gather holy things, take them to my grave, make me say a truth, to every little thing, notes arrive on cue, what a dance they make, on woven silks they bring, threads to hide their face, if only they knew, love is not a circus ring, but murders quite a few, smoke hangs in the rain, they ask me to sing, the songs of Billy Holiday, ships play lovely tunes, I really love the spray, it blows away the Blues, I’ll gamble it all and say, life to me is everything, don’t regret a single day, grey dawn's lightening.

Bella

Forget all the clowns, that come to woo you, half of them in chains, as loud as your woes, ships blow hooters, every song sings of home, not just in their parlance, but down each avenue , who can fault your tan, you reign without a throne, bars are full of losers, you’d rather be alone, nothing comes by chance, your times are fewer, forget about the past, the barefoot walk on stones, who would ever refute, a life that’s gone, strange this coming down, aboard a Cargo Schooner, no swish of ballroom gown, you’re still a cruiser.

Jasmine

You don’t gesticulate, at your inventive best, when others sneer, berate, you open every door, mend all our fences, never see us scared, chattering we begin to shake, drink like all the rest, we won't stop or hesitate, fools we sing forever more, never put us to the test, ask what's the score, the night's cool probate, resides in the West, no matter the toll it takes, forbidden troubadours, demand our presence, you never leave us forlorn, but cool you slake, whatever our cask or blend, sweep away our pain, stay good friends.

Martina

Is this really the place, to start to cry, where even love's ashamed, the life around you shows, the beat of time, now nowhere else to go, soaked on the ocean main, the airways you fly, always open to winning ways, what is there to know, when you sail the sky, wooden box or last throw, you once jumped bail, blamed that other guy, beyond the spike of jail, your lips atone, for all the constant lies, like the stars grow cold, it's not easy to explain, what goes on inside, your face strained, your eyes a constant why?

Sean

Say you’ll get a grip, please don’t rage and bellow, give me that old guff, you don't need drink to say, stash it in the hold, find the need to get away, you always make surly trips, a manacled wretched clone, watch others dance so hip, won’t let your spirits fray, down unforgiving zones, lies in everything they say, make your laughter dip, like alcoholic mojos, with their lousy 'scripts, will you get some sleep, for your twenty stone, when faith makes a leap, don’t wonder why her kiss, beats every childhood groan, here’s another coffin ship, waiting as your home.

Raith

It's been a while, but there you go, I’m no longer a child, when women start to pray, or when the cock crows, you'll have your say, no need to find, what you already know, deep in your smile, a star shows the way, frozen in my tones, there are no trains, say you don't mind, you'd rather walk alone, whatever the time, stay here a while, wrapped against the snow, you have a great style, we sit by the fire, listening to the blow, your eyes look wild, give me your soul.

Alex

A diagnosis only half true, I smell the Limes, ask what's wrong with you, act like I already know, ties that bind, blow hard on my bones, hope brings a certain glue, what can be put right, if you pay your dues, I won't be alone, in this rosy light, there’s always my home, I’m warm near the flue, it's not a crime, for fire to bring solace, how to keep going through evening and night, when the kids 'phone, I have to be fine, coffee gets me through, this strange time, will you give me a clue ?

Alex

A diagnosis only half true, I smell the Limes, ask what's wrong with you, act like I already know, ties that bind, blow hard on my bones, hope brings a certain glue, what can be put right, if you pay your dues, I won't be alone, in this rosy light, there’s always my home, I’m warm near the flue, it's not a crime, for fire to bring solace, how to keep going through evening and night, when the kids 'phone, I have to be fine, coffee gets me through, this strange time, will you give me a clue ?

Mariana

Fear is dark around the Bight, makes me nourish ancient flame, wait for lamps to shine, when I'm near to you, I'm certain that I’ll stay, the rocks are different hues, you whisper dead right, only takes a moment to pray, we don’t have to fight, there are many pathways through, you don’t explain, erase the filtered news, laughter comes at better times, no one's here to blame, part of me is dying, fire cannot diffuse, or sand dunes sweep away, a return to desperate feuds, beyond this moonless night, I need you to state, say to break the silence, we'll go home again

Rollo

Will you be the same, a smile beneath the trees, each time we separate, the gardens and the grime, bottles stacked like wheat, where we keep the wine, now's no morning shame, resting at my feet, it’s only this tired game, No I'm fine, Please come back to me, don't give me battered lies, why does it always take, a dawn novena, to have you here again, you smile like a wolverine, your body is a litany, now should be our time, why can’t you remain, the sun is uneven, traffic fills the lanes, can you smell the sea ?

Miriam

Why is it always you, that makes it seem, every day brings good news, not meant to live alone, lucky we don't know disease, especially here at home, if the wind blows cruel, it won't stop our dreams, even if we shed a few, come over here dead slow, dance that twisted beat, reach me with mellow tones, sing when we’ve had a few, now is just our history, one golden avenue, even on the days you moan, you're always easy, blow away those blue notes, laugh the way you do, it's never just the sea, nothing frightens you, you make me believe

Louisa

Love holds the door ajar, my hair falls down unkind, nowhere gets me very far, I sit on a high stool, drink a little wine, God knows I need a few, you ask about my Ma, Oh she’s fine, stuck as usual in the tar, the money she blew, in a poor easy light, just to please some other fool, cruising in her fast car, it rocks around her lies, no wonder I’m scarred, there’s nothing cool, about the hurt inside, except that other part of you, viewed from afar, that sees each morning rise, like the northern star, I’ll have my time.

Roe

You smile across the beach, a flash that lights the day, salt hangs on the breeze, danger flashes in your eyes, something in your gait, no need to question why, you dab perfume for the heat, walk in glorious ways, smell the pine trees, you won’t toe the line, be tamed, no-one needs to die, love has set you free, milk seaweed at your side, silk from a silken sea, red tiles are your paradise, men chant out your name, a toe step is just fine, speaking truth is never easy, when words are all the same, this place become your Odyssey, the water your escape.

Clara

He has such giving ways, brings me Bollinger, on my birthday, what can we do alone, without the sense, of living our kiss time, wine pours down my face, it’s like a Christening, he slices the Angel cake, are we here or gone, without a Dime to spin, laughing at the unknown, sample the waste, our jellied lives crown, when called upon to pray, we roll and pitch astern, like ships on the sea, will our trips atone, for the greatest of days, awash with slips, it’s easy to celebrate, his beautiful spirit.

Clara

He has such giving ways, brings me Bollinger, on my birthday, what can we do alone, without the sense, of living our kiss time, wine pours down my face, it’s like a Christening, he slices the Angel cake, are we here or gone, without a Dime to spin, laughing at the unknown, sample the waste, our jellied lives crown, when called upon to pray, we roll and pitch astern, like ships on the sea, will our trips atone, for the greatest of days, awash with slips, it’s easy to celebrate, his beautiful spirit.

Emma

A painter of religious scenes, she dabs around a glaze, a thirty-year-old dream, regards the work she’s honed, abandoned to this game, it’s never set in stone, yellow days of sunbeams, she always feels the same, images not what they seem, the canvas lets her roam, a stretch on wooden nails, in many ways she's gone, a matchstick in the sea, bobbing without a name, floating for eternity, work is hard to own, laughs come day to day, in this ocean town, her head cries for relief, sunken eyes stray, her mind is never easy, she nails another frame.

Joanne

Who hasn't thought, alone and vexed, about what we’re taught, a drink of red wine, the burdens of text, anniversaries rewind, what we have caught, entitled like the rest, life’s too short, with lovers Online, wonder who’ll pop up next, wasting our time, generally divorced, lying through a dark vest, drunk and overwrought, alone down the line, I'm generally perplexed, love’s not a crime, with a cast of noughts, a personality test, is not to be forced, trying to live our best.