Bring us home

 

 

 

 

I'm your fire

your water in the ocean

the air you breathe

your sun in the sky

I can be ev'rything

you'd ever want me to be

'cause you're my woman,

and...

you're ev'rything

I'd want you to be

'cause...

we're our fire,

our water in the ocean,

our air we breathe

sun in the sky,

our stepping stone 

our rollin' stone

and it will roll an' roll

it will take us

wherever we want to go

and..

it

will bring us home

 

 

(c) JR.

 



Fallin' apart

I'm up an' about
runnin' around
uppin' my speed
uppin' my beat

my heart's  in retreat
is poundin'  away
I feel it comin' apart

and..

I'm fallin'
in some kind of dream
where I don't wake up

and..when I do
I'm in my chair
coolin' down

it's what the man
always says
in the fitness scene

fallin' apart
ev'rybodies dream

(c) JR. 2017

Difference

I need to look, see through any window
I need to look see through my window
I need to see the difference it makes

when daylight says hello... then turns away
and darkness is your stranger comin' in from
the cold and... then turns away

'cause my new mornin' says hello
and...
I need to look through my window
without any restraint, I need to look
to see the difference it makes


(c) JR.  28-12-2017

Ev'ry night

The devil was
in her eyes
taking chances
on a hunch
little devil
had me stung

strange look
strange smile
strange light
devíl's inside

in her spell
I hit the wall
hit the ceiling
what a life
kick inside
is what I like

ancient feeling
cutting slices
of my hide
taking chances

a girl like that
could break
could bend
could mend
in a moment

your mind's
her prize
prime posession
prime collection
takin' chances
ev'ry night


(c) JR.

Southern sea

Southern sea, is where my life began
among the shells, among the rocks
that can tell

there's a cold wind blowing
it carries memories across
makes me shiver

water, glitters with a strange light
flowing with a steady motion
without me knowing

it's been a lifetime I knew
the waters I went through
and I live in the waves of the tide

it offers me peace of mind
it's one of those nights
a clear moon showing

silence through an' through
where are you now
Southern sea has taken you


(c) JR.

My Dream

walking about the lively town
on days autumn claims
my thoughts drift away

I feel it all getting to me
no commitment to please
walking of in a setting sun

slowly starting to run
geting away from it all
running into endless walls

in the distance an image shows
walking where the sun is low
I try to get as close as I can

slowly I come 'round the bend
past all those endless walls
I start running will I fall

will I get where I want
will I get there for nightfall
will I get there at all

too slowly 'round the bend
my last breath spent
buried the sun in the sand

I was lost slowly I ran
fell over an edge into light
coming to a hall with a door

running through a corridor
smoke leads to steam
where is my image, my dream

(c) JR.

Blue, Blue, Heart

It's cold, wet an' dark, it's the time of the year

that turns your head in a downward spin

a

promise a 'cold, wet an' dark winter time blues'

will set in

 

starin' at your TV, sippin' some leftover wine

hoping it will turn for the better and... 

Christmass is of your mind

 

another year  will be standing guard

with its 'cold, wet and dark  heart',  yet

I discover a ray of light and... my

darkness is surprised

it is sunshine it reappears, clears up my sky,

clears up my mind and for a moment...my 'cold,

wet and dark blues' disappear are out of sight

 

I'm alive, singin', shinin' life's good for a while

with that other year, a new year singin' its song

standin' guard a promise my 'cold, wet an' dark

winter time blues' will choose to leave my

blue, blue heart

(c) JR.  27-12-2017

Beat

Well,

I thought, heck this here guitar

I don't play on it no more, so I'll give it

to her for Christmass to come

 

so I did, I walked over, yepp to all her surprise,

goin' out of her head, out of her mind

she still was that child in time, never saw the kid

in her so very pleased

 

I don't mind admittin' my glasses went foggy on me

so I turned, she had me beat, yes sir

she sure had me beat

 

 

(c) JR. 2017

Long goodbye

walking down the bank of the river

where the sun's  out in the shine of the day

and

water's runnin' peacefully through the green

I know life's been good to me

yet, as I walk on

somethin' stirs , somethin's wrong

I lower myself on a nearby bench

and

think this is not gonna mend

my eyes breakin' I know I'm fucked

 

lookin' down on myself motionless

peacefull in my sleep of the 'Long goodbye'

I know life's just that fallin' star comin' to its end

I was just a moment in time and time

has no end 

 

 

(c) JR.  21-12-2017

als je mij weer raakt

 

 

soms kan ik je zien

door de ogen van ons verleden

hoor ik jouw lach en parelt er weer een traan

luister ik naar jouw wanhoop

niet wetend

 

als ik mij omdraai hoezeer mij dat raakt

maar jouw keuze gaf mij geen keus

hoe zwaar dat ook was en ik ging

op weg naar een toekomst

waarvan ik wist

 

dat het zonder jou was

maar als je mij weer raakt en dat doe je elke nacht

voel ik weer even dat geluk, dat samenzijn

die bij die aanraking past
 

en...

 

als je mij weer raakt zo midden in de nacht

lijkt het of er even geen tijd bestaat geen verleden

geen toekomst zijn we weer een wij

is er even geen keuze hoor ik weer

jouw stem

 

zo zacht strelend midden in mijn lach
 

dan....
 

parelt er onbewust een traan waar van

ik niet wist dat ik die nog bezat

 

(c) JR. 17-12-2017

My answer

 

 

I

don't have the time

days are in short supply

fame's starin' over the threshold at me

I'm the power of love somethin'  I've just got

 

and...

fame will only be that distance away

they sing my songs and they know it's my message

my answer
to
love

 

 

(c) JR. 2017

Master of the Bass

we loved it cherised the sound
resembling the bark of a hound
creating the song of the bass
playing its haunting tune ev'ry day
taking the bars a step ev'ry day

he was stricken with grief
when a car put his bass to sleep
all that remained were bits an' pieces
nothing could be done to ease ém
without his bass he'd fade away

in all his missery he met a lady
put him on his feet, still shaky
they worked day an' night
so hard, to save enough for a bass
of to the shop to put down their pay

it wasn't new, it wasn't old
just been standing in the cold
home they went to practice again
plat an' play and play he did
in time to join the band for a trip

beating the daylight out of the thing
squeezing the sound out of the strings
holding it on a very tight reign
so it knows who it is that plays
it is the Master of the bass

(c) JR.

Way of life

the streets are rough
you've gotto be tough
hey you, macho man
how's your woman

is she still interested
in your muscles,
your silly mind
hasn't she left yet
that would've been kind

you've gotto proof yourself
roll with the punches
knuckle ém under
keep ém there too

you can't afford to loose
'cause before you know
your chick goes
the best she will choose
could be, that's not you

roamin' the Streets
lookin' for a fight
it makes your day
somebodyelses night

blessed is your life
'cause you're macho man
you know the style
know how to shine

make the girls fight
it's a way to live
it's a way of life

(c)  JR.

Love's complete

love's cruel,
love's tender
love's a wonder
love can change
in a flash of anger

most of all it's sweet
has you on a lead
somethin' you can't beat
love's complete

a shot of love
nourishin' your brain
can have a cold touch
soaked in poison
straight to your heart

it'll tear it apart
that cold cold touch
love can stare
and have enough

It'll choose another victim to stay
set it on fire by wild desire
by wild rage it's caged
and it won't go, won't leave

this love's complete
stays uncounted days and nights
you've discovered life hang on
where love's...wild


(c) JR.

Lost

a strange sensation
ran through me
I was at the station
I was knocked out
he had me beat

lost in my words
I tried to explain
wasn't it a mistake
I tried to plead

he wouldn't give in
didn't he love me
we had something goin'
goin' down well

but he was leaving
goin' out of town
throwin' my life to pieces
leavin' me hell

lost in my words
I felt the hurt
comin' on strong
my screams rang out

almost blew my mind
for all the lies
wasted my life
caught my breath

he finally went to
that pretty girl an' all
the one he loved best
leavin' me here

sheddin' no tears
my love was dying
the ashes were blown away
words...came back to me again

(c) JR.

Take this world

a bird with a broken beak
couldn't feed himself
life expired in the heat

I watched an' saw him die
there was nothing I could do
and I thought at the time

this is not gonna be  my style
if I die I die with pride
standin' in my leather boots

goin' back to my roots
but first I'm gonna be free
like he was before he broke
his tiny beak on that big big tree

it's not gonna happen to me
I'm gonna take this world
shake it by its dirty  roots

tell it what the mornin's like 
and the night's gonna be
I'm gonna fly an' be free

gonna show the world my face
bring it to the big screen so
they'll never forget my name

high on the wing I'll be
fly with the eye of an eagle
settle only for the highest fees

dance way up in the sky
I'm on the rise getting there
just one more ride to the sky

'cause for all the power I'm free
I'm not gonna expire in the heat
I'm gonna take this world

shake it by its dirty roots
tell it what the mornin's like
an' the night's gonna be

I'm gonna fly and be... free


(c) JR.

Christmass ev'rytime

Christmass it is

Christmass it will be

Christmass is our treat

 

a new year biding time

another year added to our lives

 

will fit like a glove

will give us a surprise

as Christmass always does

ev'rytime

 

 

Best wishes to ev'ryone visiting and those for the first time to come

 

Thank you for your support

 

JR. 2017

Dat had hij niet

Starend in de diepte over zijn land, waarvan hij het einde niet kon zien

dacht hij aan al die lege kamers , onbewoond waar geen geluid te horen was.

Hij krabde zich achter z'n oor, keek om zich heen naar al die luxe

die hem nu zo gewoon was, een noodzakelijkheid die er niet meer toe deed.

Er was niemand die luisterde, ook niet als hij sluimerde,

niemand die tegen hem sprak, zijn bedienden om hem heen hadden

geen empathie geen emotie voor de man omgeven met zoveel smart

die zijn rijkdom hem bracht.

Hij was alleen en s-nachts als hij terugkeerde  op z'n levenspad,

kwam hij haar steevast tegen, dat meisje uit 't verleden van een jaar of negen,

die zei toen hij haar verliet, 'kijk maar in de tijd Maurice

dan kom je mij weer tegen, dan hoor je weer mijn lach

dan zal je weer leven' .

Die weg liep hij elke nacht en elke nacht schoot hij weer wakker

en was het de nacht die zijn verdriet zag. Met al die rijkdom kwam het besef

dat hij alles kon kopen maar dit niet, die aanraking,

die overgave het intens genieten van wat liefde en zijn geborgenheid biedt,

dat had hij niet en elke nacht zag weer zijn verdriet.

Het werd stiller en stiller om hem heen

de vreugde die rijkdom eens gaf

verdween.

En elke dag liep hij naar de markt zat daar met z'n Vino op het terras

keek naar de mensen die hem voorbij liepen met hun lach, dag na dag.

Tot de dag dat hij een lach hoorde die anders was dan elke andere lach,

het was een lach die een herkenning in zich had.

Hij keek rond en zag een dame lichtgrijs in haar jaren,

charmant met rond haar lippen die lach die hij net gehoord had.

het was die lach die een herinnering bij hem boven bracht, 

het was die lach die zei:

 ' kijk in de tijd Maurice kijk en je hoort weer mijn lach

en

dan vind je weer terug wat je ooit hebt gehad.

(c) JR. 3-12-2017

Night in the city

citylights they watch me
they give me fright
when I wander along
the banks of the river
they make me shiver
by their cold stare
that's all but there

follows me ev'ry where
whereever I go never
seem to leave me alone
alone in the streets that
give me their quietness
that give me their peace

I can hear them breath
I can hear them call for me
to walk in them
just for pleasure, just to please

I'm a city freak
I wander the streets
the streets show me
what I wanna see
I'm so very pleased
the streets call me
yes...
they really love me

what ever I see
they kept for me
all the murders
all the rapes
I see them happen
in a front row seat
again an' again

that's why I wander
wander at nightfall
'cause the Streets
are pleased to see me
wander them at their
darkside
wander them where
there are no city lights


(c) JR.

Old Cult Bizar

I smell,
the mystery in the air
it's ripe I pluck my hair
where priests have trodden

my feet do me bother
I've come from so far
to witness the old cult bizar

it;s ancient not Greek
you'll find weird signs
at a certain stage of the sun

will show you where to find
what is written down on the
stones of old

they don't grow cold
they're full of fire
for the first time Earth
discovered life they
learned to survive

they were learned those men
that build Stonehenge
it's little things that show
a butterfly not on the wing

carved in stone Stonhenge
his home, centuries past
it still lasts

there's no heaven
for the butterfly to roam
it will stay carved in the
old ways

it never moved
the priests of old
wouldn't approve

its magic is still around
even now the spell is cast
and men is bound

(c) JR.

Glory days

we were there, the world was ours
we were ready to build its towers
take the world by its feet
to show them we would succeed
ready to go after our price
our fame an' glory in this life

we scattered all over the earth
lost track of our moves some
thought they were unigue were
caught in a dead end street

several, slowly but steadily climbed
others rose to fame in litttle time
but in ev'ry case, they paid a price
to get up so high in the limelight

gettin' there wasn't a straight line
many tripped an' fell in to a hell
shook their heads, started over
where they fell

back in to the race for power
might an' wealth

so while ev'rybody was busy
consolidating a place in life
I wrote my book about their
escapades

it struck me throughout the years
they had found their place in the
ratrace
nothin' reminded of the once young
graduate

they all more or less had met succes
and had adjusted to the ways society
had demanded for decades

now their children following their steps
where once their ol' man chased girls
where once their mother went to bed


(c) JR.

Five Fingers

I came in to town
when the sun was down
it didn't occur to me I'd meet
somebody right here in the street

He said, 'you're wearin' your belt low'
I don't want any trouble out of you
or you'll find yourself close
to a graveyard stone

Now I didn't want to displease
any of the good people here
as I was kinda dry inside
I stopped at the local saloon

Its name had a familiar ring
I stepped in with a swing
'Five Fingers' was there
ready to beat me to the draw

as I turned out he did but he missed
shot a hole in my left hand the hand
I could spend

for the right it was that killed him
actually not a shadow it was Ishot
I moved on as fast as I could

put distance between me and a lot o' hate
'cause 'Five Fingers' wasn't a game you
played

he was out on the hunt in his very own way
would he catch up he'd make me pay
I didn't want that, so I ran from the 'Hell Cat'

I hid in the tiniest hole, even 'Five Fingers'
couldn't find it on his own


(c) JR.

First Light

the first rays of light
are climbin' over the rooftops
they're hardly seen
but my eye catches them

I think it's time to go
time to call it a day put
my soul to rest and lay
just call it a day

get the night of my chest
give my heart a rest just
call it a day

mornin' comes in to the day
mornin' comes without rain
I'm restless so very restless

can't put down my head
so much goes on in me head
can't lay it to rest

I'm driftin' in to the mornin'
driftin' in to a new day
got to give it my attention
before it slips away

before it slips away must
capture that light capture
it in my heart

let it live on in my body
let it live for a new start
I'm at ease now, lay to rest

where my head's lying
a light is shining, growing
it gives energy to my body

it will need to rise again
eager to challenge a new day
to live through it all the way

capture the light for all times
keep it day by day, 'till
the light grows dimmer
and...
I won't need it again

(c) JR.

Just a dream

time's in short supply
I'm lloosin' myself in to dreams
I don't wanna get up, but I must
and I hate it


'cause time is so short
that I can dream of the things
I didn't get like love an' all the rest
it is why I dream

I can pretend and I hate to get up
close the book I was dreamin' of
live day by day, it's all a waste

I know what I want
it is not to happen anyway
so I loose myself in to dreams

in my world of pretence
at least I'm happy there
I dream an' dream

'till I've turned in to the dream
the dream of one unreal
yes I was just a dream


(c) JR.

Gloves

an easy chair,
not always the promise of an easy life
it only guarantees your paycheck will
always be on time

the souls in your seat they fit like a glove
their chair is crippled, old doesn't fit
is like that old glove

your chair,
it cannot be touched, and they're waitin'
for those gloves to come off

and when they do,
your chair won't feel as easy as it should
your seat will be torn apart


(c)  JR. 26-11-2017

Private war

empty soldiers ten bars deep
promissing days of dreams
promissing hours of delight
promissing hours returning
from that fatal journey
gettin' the liquid out

back to square one
fichting back to reality

empty sodiers won't be pleased
empty soldiers by the door
empty soldiers in the store
empty soldiers under the bed
empty soldiers was all he had

in the shed, the bar the tall soldiers
were standing guard they would all
be used and tested if they were foolproof

living his days in sweet dreams
saddest man ever has been
he knew it would end all soon
if he didn't fight the empty soldiers
fight the lot of them to the tooth

or the system would cave in
let the soldiers take a win
he knew that wouldn't do

grasped that last straw
beat them to the draw
he struggled back to reality
broke the empty soldiers bones
won his private war and...
returned
home


(c) JR. eightees

Last Breath

ebony eyes met me with a stare
we were puttin' someone to rest
in this graveyard, a very dear friend
and ebony eyes placed a bet he was
not comin' back


she saw my insane glance knew
I was the best she could get better
than she had had

I knew her from way back
when we were all friends
most of us with a future ahead
but she saw to it we all met our death

except me, I was too insane to catch
she now was loaded with dice
on friendship she put a high price
she finally recognised me then
kisses an' tears next

she almost squeezed me to death
didn't mind I'd killed an' knifed
to her that was part of life

invited me to stay a day or two she
was someone you didn't say no to

it's been a long time since
and life has not been dull
my ebony eyes she's a handfull

I've got no regrets
even if it's gonna take my last breath

(c) JR.  eightees

Drizzlin' rain

on a rainy day
London an' Paris
are much the same
no use lookin'
for a better place
It's all drizzlin' rain

it is when I found him
at the station,
sittin' on a bench
last train went
waitin' for it to happen

alone in the dark
waitin'for some love
he knew nothin' about
was comin' 'round
puttin' on a show
makin' believe
he was a pro

he was afraid
to blow the game
I led him on
in his believe
he was makin' it all
with me

I taught him
what love was
when he left
he was spent
still it happened

he kept comin'
to that bench
now ev'ry night
he's comin'
takin' it all
takin' it in

learning fast
like a fish's first swim
he drained
all I know
in the rain

drizzlin' rain
in the surf of my life
got a man
took him down
in the rain

(c) JR.  eightees

Doin' time

I'm inside, it ain't nice
no sir, not at all we're not
having a ball

doin' time
livin' in fear of your life
kickin' someone in the guts

an' all for the struggle of power
for a mighty man to have his way
nobody's  comin' after me

'cause I'm secure
some are lookin' out for me
that's for sure

we keep ourselves in shape
sometimes a knife finds its way
they;re not tellin'

I'm doin' time
kickin' an' cuttin' all the while
it ain't nice

no sir, not at all
we're not havin' aball

(c) JR. 

Zand

zand
is als zand
maar verbonden met elkaar
ze glijdt door de vingers als een
loos gebaar
en...elke keer geen ik maar een wij
als sneeuw van de hitte zijn zij


(c) JR. 2017

Buried in time

well,
lookin', searchin', wondering
lookin' for answers buried in
time

unexpected findin', and yet
not wantin' to find those lost
memories blowin' your mind

yet,
there it is, staring me in the face
findin' you again I see myself in
your face

same look, same smile, twinkle in the eye
it's all there buried in time, somethin' left
behind

yes,
not admitting, but it moves me
somethin' in the eye, I look knowin'
nothin' can come of this, it should stay
buried in time

an' again I turn away,
knowing how much
it will hurt,
still,...it's best buried in time

(c) JR.  21-11-2017

Feelin' young

feelin' young... and weary to the bone
feelin' young...yet nothin' will show
feelin' young...where youth has taken its toll
there's one thing I know, feelin' young doesn't
show when you're weary to the bone


(c) JR. 19-11-2017

Angel eyes

Angel is his name
he looks at you with
those baby blue eyes
and calls the price of
what you wanna take

'get crackin'' he says
that's all you do
you take that drug
feel 'God' of this wold
second after that
you're down to scum too

Angel smiles when you pay
Angel kills when you delay
your payment must be one
continues flow once you stop
he'll nail your bones

'Crack' is allright
'Crack' blows your mind
'Crack' makes your soul free
brother are you in deep

take a couple take some more
the dawn will escape unnoticed
at sunset life will fade once more

you'll be a plant
living in a dreamland
where your stay will be permanent
if an overdose it is you take

but the pay is good
and Angel closes an eye
when you pay your dues

his dust kills regardless who
and you want it pay is all you do
Angel smiles says, 'com'on try !

once you taste his dust
your mind is satisfied , just
but Angel feeds you more

has no intrest in your life
not even if you stay
somebodyelse will pay !!


(c) JR.

Comin' in

It's been a long time
catchin' up 'till we drop
in to a sweat we break
we know it'll never stop

it keeps us alive for those times
when again our light comes up
and shines

it's how we live an' live
it's how we give an' give
workin' the train again
for countless weeks an' days
will he come back in the rain

it's a lonely night
rain doesn't seem to lift
there's a train on the run
wonder when he's  comin' in

I just don't know, when he'll show
all I can do is wait
I hear the sound of the gate
I turn over and stay

I hear him turn in
now I'm wide awake
he stirs me with his imagination
leads me in to the early morning

I go down, come up again
back to where he is
inviting me to the same
I don't resist, it's been so long
I know  what I've missed

I get dressed, just for breakfast
sent the kids on their way
starting all over again
making up for all those days
wonder when he'll come agian


(c) JR.

Belle, my southern Belle

 

the battle had been fought

smoke lay over the land

carried away by a slight breeze

silence was at last in reach

 

out of chaos we came together

riding horses we picked our way

through where the dead lay

reaching town at daybreak

 

this was our town, our land

people still had pride in them

they weren't broken nor bend

this was our town, our land

 

it was good to see Belle there

treating the wounded, taking care

as by chance she looked up to me

surprise in her eyes when she saw me

 

Belle and I go back a long way

know her from the olden days

she lived in the big house where

all her family stayed

 

allready then we felt this way

in the confusion we both drifted away

untill this day we met again realising

it was all very much the same

 

time we didn't have a lot of

her soft arms held me locked

locked to her throbbing heart

filled to the rim with love

 

it went on and on

untill we could give no more

resting to collect the strenght

the strenght to start over again

 

 

 

(c) JR.

Sunshine

there ain't no Sunshine where I go
no Sunshine...where love grows cold
no Sunshine...when it dies in the Streets
no Sunshine...when its destruction
is...
complete



(c) JR. 2017

Poor, poor heart

wounded in a particular place

where I hid a particular name

I reached the end of my capacity

to recover from this raging agony

it goes on and on an endless time

my poor, poor heart was on the line

what is to be done

lying down

in her naked sun

it overpowered me 

as an incoming wave

I was told

there was no longer

 a room or place for me

my poor, poor heart

almost jumped its case

I was so surprised

at what hit me at the time

my poor, poor heart

almost lost its mind

I gazed in disbelieve

at what was coming over me

a woman

perfect as far as I could see

wounded a particular place in me

something kept me alive

in these perilious times

irony it was, I was cured by someone

I, in many days hadn't thought of

finally when I came to rest

my poor, poor heart came apart

in tenthousand pieces,

collected one by one

by someone I hardly knew anything of

I was build, ev'ry second, minute

back to what I was

my poor, poor heart

mended from the past

(c) JR.

Breathing

was breathing
my last breath
still had a couple o' sighs left
when suddenly an angel appears

with noiseless wings
comin' to show his love
comin' to take me away

I thought 'oh well'
there's no better place
where I can stay
and fly all day

took....my breath away !


(c) JR.

Sleep

I go to sleep
when the candles die
it's quite late
but I don't mind
as long I'm sound of mind

and my sleep is a quiet one
I'm fully relaxed
I dream of yesterday
they give me a hiding place

I awake
with questions in my mind
but they don't mind
I let them ride
and put them aside

I still sleep in the present
and I don't mind
let the past ride
let it pass me by

(c) JR.

Timeless

when I walk
through a timeless door
and...
a new Universe presents it self
I think as 'GOD' I've done well



(c) JR. 2017

Butterfly

a butterfly in a web
beauty in need,
I set it free
it gave me a wish

I thought about it
I asked it,
like I did to you
set my legs free

now I walk the streets
after what the butterfly
did for me



(c) JR.

Sometimes

sometimes, life throws at me ev'rything it's got
sometimes, I'm not worried I've dealt with a lot
sometimes, life's just that bit too short
and ties my weary mind in a knot

when, I feel like resting my weary bones
and...
my bothered soul's sounding its retreat
when life's become too difficult for me

just for a moment or two before I blow
my lonely horn in support of its victory

sometimes, life throws at me everything it's got
sometimes, I'm not worried I've dealt with a lot

sometimes, ... 

                       life's not too short



(c) JR. 14-11-2017

Wondering

when times are rough
a change is needed
I get up, dial a number
the answer is sweet

she knows,
I'm in trouble
and really bleeding

she knows
I need a soft touch
when I arrive it's all there
I don't have to ask
somebody's there to care

when I've done
a bit of dying
which is a case
of surviving
I get my case
fill it up again

no words can pay
for the treatment
she  gave
she knows
doesn't ask either
she's happy I'm okay
she has enough care
to give away

I'm on my feet
trying out the world
I can live again
it's no easy life
but it's all I have

she knows
she's there
when it gets too much
she's there
all the time

wondering when...
I'll come again

(c) JR.

Paradise

coming right from Paradise
not knowing what it was like
hearing a mortal soul wheep
being so desperately in need

I floated in on the wind
stretching my wings
a breeze in my face
I went down to investigate

met by untolerable grief
I whispered love put my
hand down on her she felt
relief

she was to be taken away
to where the pain would
fade away into eternal peace

so I took her up to the light
through an endless tunnel
waiting with a new life

(c) JR.

Lips

your lips
keep visiting mine
your lips
keep leavin' mine
lips my very soul
lips my very own
lips my very goal
lips my very game
lips...
got to be tamed

I've never been ashamed
now you turn on me
may the lips I keep

a showdown makes you leave
no more lips for me
a passion is in me

where are the times your lips
kept visiting mine, never to go
away

lips a silly game
never to return
lips lost in time

what made you do it
what
punishment is mine
will there be a time
when you wish your lips
kept visiting mine


(c) JR. 

Immortal

we lived
and life never ended
we lived
like immortal souls
we lived
'till the end of time

never geting any older
never getting any younger
we had to stay alive
living through troubled times
living the good times

we felt sorrow
we felt happiness
after a while
we never felt glad
after ev'rybody had gone
from our lives

we wanted to end it all
but we were destined
to live all times
'till time ran out
and...
nothing was there

only the Universe
it had no time
it was ageless
we belonged there
we lived on
and...
life never ended

it was like it was
as it always had been
as it always had seemed

(c) JR.

why do we do

Why
do we do what we do
why

why should we
some act in which we trust
some act we think is just
some act we think is right
something we happen to like

that's why we do what we do
ain't that nice

simple as a dream
simple but real
we do what we feel
it is just
looks like what it seems
we do what we feel

it's right, it's just
why do we do what we do
'cause it's a must
'cause it's a mission
'cause it's just
it's our vision

(c) JR.

Without rules

I haven't forgotten love
it's just not around me
any more
I feel disappointed

I'm without rules

nobody
to rub shoulders with
no expecting kiss,
it's not there

I'm without rules

they say to me
how to behave
whenever it comes
not knowing how to cope
when it comes to my door

when it does, I'm shocked
I'm scared, I've forgotten
the...

'RULES"

When you touch

an' when we laughed
at the crack of dawn
with nobodyelse there
where nobody would care
with nobody to share

all things were fair
our breed was rare
one of a kind we survived
a raging storm in time

and when you touch
I'm lifted high
higher than the skies
I seize a passing light

it's you...

something
I've been waiting for
tremors run through me
my mind is satisfied
my heart's runnin' a mile

'cause it's you...

and when we touch
I'm lifted high
where I reach out
and get so much

I'm stunned,
it's enough
to hold on to
just don't stop
and I'm lifted high...

'cause it's you


(c) JR.

Messenger

I smell autumn in the air
must find a shelter when
the air is still a breeze

and I will meet you in the forest
with your ebony eyes staring in
the distance at me

autumn has sent me its messenger
to keep me in a stormy weather
rainy days never did I complain

she gave her warmth to me
which was all I ever asked
and days became more or less
nights

that only a new season could subside
and when it came, it was hard to take
leave
of something that had become a part
of me

I had a choice go with her
become a Messenger of autumn
if need
as winter was not far away and
almost in reach


(c) JR.

A silence

all I want is
to think come to terms
with my surroundings
where I don't  find a will
to listen to the silence
I bear

a silence is in me
keeps me out of reach
out of touch
guards my secrets
a silence is in me

so I struggle on
fighting  contradiction
in a process of regaining
a balance in my soul
I need...
'cause a silence
is in me

regaining my security
is all I need to get by
this silence will leave me
in its retreat
free on the mend
I'll step in to life again

a silence was in me
kept me out of reach
out of touch
it will always leave
a silence was in me


(c) JR.

Yesterday

the rain's hittin' me
with respect
it is a summer rain
it isn't wet
coolin' me down
way out of town

in a field
where the only noise is
buzzing bees
takin' it home as I do
when I'm with her alone
in these Woods

the field knows
it's being used
it doesn't mind
it comes to bloom

takin' me an' Sally far away
in to the colours of the day
an' we don't mind we've got time
to lay down be surprised
by the freshness of it all

our green wall
will never come down
will never decay
we don't intend to stay
takin' it home
as to remind summer days

in their prime
where nothing was lost
with so much to give
little did we take
it didn't break
the freshness
of...
yesterday



(c) JR. 2017

 

 

 

 

Pictures do tell

my life on the wall
is not one of many
if not at all,
pictures... do tell

maybe it's borin'
somethin' you don't need
to me it's all I have
I want to keep

pictures... do tell
will answer it all
will give you a clue
to what I am, what I do

it cannot lie
it's the truth
captured by light
it cannot lie

it's been a life
not yet dead still alive
stretched to its limmits
stretched to the skies


it will not lie
it won't go down
I'm still here
to show you my life
on the wall
pictures... do tell

(c) JR.  Ninetees

Celia

she was always there
Celia, and her roses
tending them with care
she... was their only heir

caught in a web woven
out of super holiness

she was always there
Celia and her roses she
invited me to come and
see how they bloomed

as Celia did as she looked
in that perculiar way,
a rose was saved for me

and I did come and collect
it must be years back
since then many roses
came to bloom

I tended them with care
she was my garden
I...her only heir

she willingly gave me
my share
it was more I could
ever take
from

Celia...
with the roses

(c) JR.

Ev'rytime

waitin' for Sophy
more than an hour
Sophie's like a flower

showing of her colour
but not around here
so I wait an' wait

it gets darker
startin' to rain
water in my shoes

feel  like an idiot
but still I stay
waitin' for Sophie
a second day

suddenly a taxi swings 'round
out comes sophie with a smile

that's what I do it for
for that smile
I can't resist it
that's why I wait
ev'rytime

(c) JR. 2017

Vallend blad

aangekomen in de herfst van een leven kerft
een vallend blad al bladerend zijn verhaal
in de bast van een oude boom die
allang wist dat zijn verhaal in
schrift gevat was...
in de herfst van een leven
valt een blad voor
de laatste
maal

 

 

(c) JR. 2017

Down came the thunder

water on the rocks
coming down through
the splendour of the grass
as our love is where we rest

heaven never was that steel blue
joining in at nature's special tune
silent as a summer morning in dew
never, never was the earth so pure

our love as water on the carved rocks
coming down over the rich land
cuting corners, cuting stones and sand
through the splendour of the grass

creating its own road to travel
towards us where we rest at last
as the love is we both share
killing the fears at our feet
below us, way down deep
in the sand

water on the rocks don't seem to end
water on the rocks coming down
as the love we found
water's coming down and down

giving food to what we found
giving it reason to survive
keeping it alive in shimmering lights
letting it grow in to its daylight
setlling down in our hearts
where it is like water on the rocks

heading for that final count down
where the water frrom the rocks
comes down, keeps coming down
from those heights we try to find

ignorance blocking us we still find the way
way deep inside we find what's hidden
what the eye doesn't see, almost leaves
in its retreat

yet, we find our way in water from the rocks
yes, water of the rocks showed us within
we saw the secret where it began  ended
we drank our water from the rocks

wanting more and more where it came from
 satisfying our thirst, then came the word
we lay down next to our fears that had
disappeard when we became man

down came the hunder, down came the rain
making us clean, washing the sins away
one day water of the rocks will come down again


(c) JR.

Neglect

The plant had died, there was nothing he could do about it or could he. Water is esential to a plant he had denied it by neglect, no more no less. It had been beautifull once, it ended in a heap of missery trying to hold on to life in vain.

He had thrown it in the bin and thought no more of it, 'till one night its tentacles choked him in his bed. In the last moments of his presence he was amazed how much he admired to draw breath when there was none.


(c) JR.

science fiction a short story : A little boy !!

The little boy stood in line, waiting patiently, untill it was his turn. ' well, what will it be boy'
the shopassistant said, a tea bag sir, please. just a tea bag, they come in cartons now. one will do sir, I'll ask if that's possible. Mr. B. ! the assistant returned with the bag. because it's just one, this time free of charge.

Thank you sir, what's that you're doing, as you see, whirling it above my head sir, he threw it in a corner of the shop, a deafening explosion followed. Ev'rybody in the store was flung to the floor by the pressure. Windows broke, flames erupted, smoke curled upwards from the smashed windows. all the shopowner could tell afterwards, 'it was just a litle boy throwing a tea bag.

Not much later reports came in from all over the district about shops, later buildings being demolished by fire. Always there was a mention of a little boy at the scene, throwing a tea bag !, by the time blocks of flats were coming down, there was a man hunt out for a little boy.

Army and police were after him, for no longer buildings were in demand, militairy targets were on his list by now. Ammunition depots, navy vessels they were all game, Always the boy was seen, but lost out of sight, eventually they caught up with him outsidea theatre, Albert Hall, it was people he now was after, a mass of them.

in came the Special forces, they surrounded him, the boy spotted that, came out of his hiding place whirling his little tea bag, no emotion on his face, rifles cracked all bulls eye , but it didn't seem to harm him. He stopped whirling, instead he swallowed the bag the corners of his mouth twitched looked almost if he smiled.

A massive explosion ruptured the street in two a smoke column rose upwards to the sky, it went on and on going higher and higher reaching outer space,  it. seemed to go to another Milky Way still smoking.

now flames were pouring from the smoke, making it very much like a comet, pictures sent down by the satelites showed the head of the smoke column was very much like the little boy's features, does make you wonder don't it !!

Fading

Lately I notice my crowd's getting thin
my visits are no use  they're fading,

Ev'rytime I come to their door their eyes
have closed just that bit more. they're on
their last walk 'round the sun, they're going fast,
I can't run.

I'm staying behind all out of sight, left with
my colours old and grey, days are long now
and very pale

Waiting takes a long time they say


(c) JR.

science fiction a short story: Lovers crossing

Summer it was, I sat down in the park drowning in its quiet beauty, streaks of light passing through the trees, hitting water, creating sparks, casting a spell. It was in there, I discovered a vague shape,
I walked over to examine it closer, realized it was not of this world, a beauty, willingly
a soul would chain it self to.

Only visible to me, as nobody seemed to notice her, there at the waterside. That meant another world next to mine. The lines of time now running parallel. Having waited for me so long, she begged me to cross, eternal youth offered as well.

What a temptation, so close, but couldn't touch, she urged me, for soon the opening would close. As there was nothing to keep me, I crossed, sheer joy was my reward, I held her close. The woman I had looked for, was on the other side. She said she had known and wanted me for ages but the lines wouldn't aline precise.

There had been more occaisions but I wasn't near then. Others crossed as well. I couldn't get over the happiness in her, her delicate face was beaming with joy, her dark brown eyes sparkling. I still could see the beach where I came from, but it grew dimmer and dimmer., it was gone.

I was a young man again not to age. We turned went to her home, met relatives, crossovers too started a family. We live agood life in peace, ideal, whenever I get the urge to see what it was like, we go to the barrier.

When the light has grown strong again, the lines aline  we watch where I came from, to turn away satisfied


(c) JR. Eightees

plat

wanneer zich op de snelweg
van het leven een file vormt
kunnen plat gereden banden
soms...
niet meer verholpen worden


(c) JR. 2017

Die lach

hoor die lach
die bulderende lach
het is de joker die lacht
om de zijn tot tirannie
verworden democratie
en..
de nieuwe lijfeigenen die
hij schiep

hij knijpt ze uit want
dat zijn toch abnormale lui
hij lacht en lacht
die bulderende lach

zijn lach is zo groot
als het land waar hij om lacht
hij lacht zelfs nog
als hem de wacht wordt aangezegd
tijdens zijn eigen wacht

want de democratie
denkt de joker
dat is toch echt wel
een hele grote grap

op weg naar die hemel
waar alleen de joker
voor joker staat

en ja...

ook daarom nog lacht

(c) JR. 2017

Spijtig

soms is iets spijtig
en...
is spijt hebben het gevolg

maar tussen hebben
en
zeggen ligt een wereld van
verschil

maar als de eerste traan
vloeit
verschijnt daar die bevrijdende
lach
en...
wordt 't spijt mij weer
iets
makkelijker dan gedacht


(c) JR.

Time to spare

I don't know
what I'm doing
I really don't care
I've got time to spare

so I sit in an easy chair
feeling wonderfull
I,ve got time to spare

look out the window
see all the people

I couldn't really care
I've got time to spare

this easy chair
fits like a glove

it's difficult
to get out of

and when I do
I get to the fridge
for a cold beer
get back and sit

I sit and watch TV
all day
I really don't care
I've got time to spare

I've got nothing else to do
got no urge to

I really don't care
I've got time to spare


(c) JR.

Singapour girl

Singapour girl you fly and fly

with those sweet ebony eyes

you

could lead me in to surprise

 

where ever you go,

where ever the journey takes you

I will folow, '

cause you dealt a blow to my heart

 

which took it completely apart

it

whispers only one phrase

Singapour girl take me away

and

lead me to places I've never been

lead me in to this unending dream

let me believe your nothing but real

 

take me to the corners of your heart

with those eyes nothing less than devine

melting me down if I were ice

 

bringing me down to your side

forgetting there's a day or night

I'm  swimming in to a paradise

 

joining me in my lonely soul

 Singapour girl you brought me home

Singapour girl you took me hole

 

 

(c) JR.

Sometimes

 

 

 

sometimes I love her sometimes she won't

sometimes I hate her sometimes she won't

sometimes I frown sometimes she's down

sometimes I frown

 

'cause she's not in town

'cause she follows me around

'cause she's there feeling out

 

she knows, I know

she knows, I know

she knows I know

it makes us feel close

it makes us feel good

 

sometimes we unwind with wine

sometimes we really get close

we don't know how we can cope

and we really hit the bolt

 

we\re blown righ to the top

so close we never saw home

it's when we stop an' drop

 

emotion fought its way to the top

we came so close but we stopped

sometimes we don't get to the top

 

sometimes this woman frowns

she wants to have me around

she wants to take me down

sometimes I'm out of town

 

 

(c) JR.



A name

returning to a place
I couldn't  name, I couldn't find
I couldn't see, I was blind

returning to the past
couldn't find a laugh
couldn't find my tree
couldn't find the happiness
that once lingered there

tied up in my memories
tied up in my past
where I had to leave
in a thundering blast
last piece of love I ever had

didn't get back in time
to look for those pieces
to claim them as mine
bringing them together again
leaving on my lips a name

they won't say it again
a trail has gone cold
memories have grown old
my tongue has gone lame
a name never spoken again

back to a dream
not even near, not even here
not even in sight, gone from
my  life


(c) JR.

Poor city

poor city has poor people
has no haystack and no needle
poor city's there for the needy
from all over the great land
people come to the city in the
sand

city without a name
crowded in the shade
crowded in the park
city without any larcs
where wooden birds are carved

city without any tears
city without any aim
city without any faith
where poverty's no shame
where pride has no place

poor city has only one kind
poorest people ever come to life
where stealin' is a way of life
where crime's committed in daylight
it's a poor sight here at night


(c) JR.

Taking

I'm living of the land
doin' it quite well
there's nobody to tell
or sound the bell

I come in at night
leave at the beginning of light
with pockets full of food
guess I'm in the mood

all I do is take it home
to my family to cope
smashing their hunger
in a thousand pieces

'cause living of the land
is not a case of stealing
it's taking from the rich
what we're needing



(c) JR.

livin' like that

it appears out of nowhere
as clear as the sky
it's what I rememeber
of a time hidden inside

when clouds weren't there
a good time we shared
so cold now on my own
I'd like somebody to show

as it always happens
clousds get in the way
guess livin' like that
will never come again


(c) JR.

live an' tell

all I wanted
were precious things to put in my house
but they were beyond my means
beyond my dreams, beyond my reach
beyond the style I wanted live

now older, more mature
I now can buy, it is in my reach
now I find they're not the things I need
through time I was given things
worth more than style, house,
way of  life

can now enjoy  a good wine
enjoy a good conversation
enjoy a good nature
enjoy well meant compliments
enjoy an evening well spent
enjoy the company
of a well spoken woman

live with her a good life
even if it means living out of style
as long as the rent is paid
as long as there's food to take
as long as there's enough cake
even if it's the crumbs I ate

I don't feel out of place
I feel I still did well
to live an' tell


(c) JR.

Without a name

I am happy
since a long time
I am happy
one with the world
it's been a long time
I am happy
it's been a long time
I knew

a restless time
has come  to an end
I am content
I am ev'rything
I could ever be
it's been a long time
since I knew

I haven't changed
still the same
still that smile
it's been a while
since I knew
there was a you

I'll never know
who you are
a face in a frame
a face
without a name

it makes me happy
to look at you
one I never knew
but you're there
all I do is stare

at you
in that frame
without a name

it's been a long time
since I knew
there was a you
I'll never be the same
since I saw you
in that frame


(c) JR.

At the brink

a shadow of a man
at the brink of madness
I can live there I know I can

stretch my mind
over miles of sea
to reach you to teach you

on the other side
I know I can get to you
if I want to

I'm at the brink
of madness
my sweet
meet me there


(c) JR.