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

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.

Maybe I can care or even love

 

 

comin'

 

from the past reachin' in to my dream

 

you come to me in the shadow of my thought

 

maybe

 

I

 

can care or even love

 

as long as you stay, don't leave me again

 

as

 

you

 

did

 

when we were kids

 

took of an' you were gone,

 

you came in to my thought, when I least expected it

 

in

 

my dream you were caught

 

maybe I can care or even love

 

 

I

 

try to make you stay, I want to know where I can find you again

 

but

 

my dream's  fadin' not much time left

 

so tell me where you are, I want6 to know the place

 

'cause I really care

 

 

 

once

 

you were in my world, it's somethin' I can't shake

 

I

 

shuffle my deck o' cards

 

up

 

comes the queen o' hearts, yes, you belong in my heart

 

maybe now I can care or even love

 

 

many

 

do say a dream's no fake

 

come back to me tonight, to tell me exactly

 

wher it is you hide, 'cause I can feel somethin's  not right

 

once I know I'll come an' take you away

 

from

 

whatever it is, that keeps you caged,

 

in the shade

 

where we met, laughed, never realisin'

 

what we had

 

after

 

so much we shared

 

I

 

think I can care or even

 

love

 

(c)  JR.

an Ace

 

 

 

 

 

 

we

 

all have our hopes , desires an' dreams

 

hardly any of them

 

get to be real

 

 

actually

 

we don't mind

 

we've got lots of time

 

we'll just be waitin' for it to happen

 

sometimes an ace is dealt

 

thing's does it help

 

 

someday

 

a dream comes true, a desire is met

 

hope is fullfilled

 

we know we have to wait, might take a day

 

 

there's a lot of hope goin' round

 

it just has to be found

 

from it we can take, day by day

 

an ace is dealt, can we make it pay

 

 

we all have our hopes, desires an' dreams

 

hardly any of them get to be real, but when they do

 

our hearts get a lift, we take a drink,  with a twist

 

 

and

 

life is twice that easy to

 

live

 

(c)  JR

Wrongs of life

has anybody asked me about the pain that has been

 

has anybody asked me about the troubles I've seen

 

has anybody felt the wrongs life sometimes breaths

 

would it have been different if strenght had not been

 

 

 

would it have forsaken me had my armour been pierced

 

it would have had it not been, so if you ask me how it was

 

it was huge it was that wrong of life nobody wants to see

 

it was one of those dreams only meant for me to dream

 

 

an' yes I deam, ev'ry second,, ev'ry minute, ev'ry hour

 

ev'ry breath I inhale, ev'ry drop o' water I waste away

 

an' ev'ry day I hope I can make through to another day

 

an' ev'ry day grants me a moment thankin' life again

 

 

so if you ask me how was life today I stare in anger

an'  disbelief

 

is he jokin' is he sane has he seen the wrongs of life

 

does he know what it is like when it wrongs you again

 

he doesn't  dream 'cause life has not wronged him today

 

 

an yes, I dream ev'ry hour, ev'ry day, ev'ry breath I inhale

 

an yes, I dream, ev'ry hour, ev;ry day, ev'ry breath I inhale

 

an yes, I dream, I dream an' dream

 

 

 

 

(c) JR.   july  2017