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.

I knew you so well

living

 

in the wilderness of your mind

 

I

 

knew so well, where  I've dwelt, so many times

 

so you couldn't hide, what kept you alive

 

I knew you by heart, sometimes a little tough

 

but

 

no more than that

 

 

and

 

I

 

knew you so well

 

your thoughts ringin' a bell, now if not with me

 

maybe with somebodyelse

 

 

they'll get to know you as I did

 

I

 

don't know if I can take it, but there it is

 

I

 

must

 

leave

 

 

guess I've come to know you too well

 

started ringin' too many bells

 

the sound a deafening one

 

I

 

couldn't hear you think at all

 

you closed your mind for me, it made a retreat I couldn't foresee

 

never did I hear you think again

 

when it came to that, I knew I had to go away

 

livin' in the wilderness of your mind

 

I

 

knew the time had come, I'd stop climbin' those mountains inside

 

 

and

 

I

 

knew you so well

 

your thoughts would ring a bell

 

now if not with me, maybe with somebodeelse

 

 

lookin'

 

for you one more time I realised I had lost you

 

your thoughts were somewhereelse

 

'cause I knew you too well

 

 

I

 

couldn't get in,  the bolt was thrown, a key turned

 

memories were burned in the fire of your mind

 

dissapearin' in the light

 

 

and

 

I

 

knew you too  well

 

your thoughts would ring a bell  now if not with me

 

maybe

 

with

 

somebodyelse

 

 

 

(c) JR.