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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

A Life To Live

I've got a life,
not a silly life,
just a life
a life that I live,
a life I do not miss
I live it in style
I live it with a smile

it can be nice
could be poor
could be wild
could be
crossing The Nile
could be sad
lyiing in bed
could be bad

my case I rest
it's a life I've led
is not over yet
there's more to come
so much to be done
a lot get none

I, I get it all
from start to finish
my life is a gimmick
if you want to try
better be wise
you got to have style
you must persist to live
you must be ready to give

you must be ready
to take the worst
living a life like this
is a case of surviving
becomes a case of dying
if you don't know how
you must be taught

I'm afraid by then
I won't be around
'cause I've got more lives
to live
one of them was this

(c) JR. Eightees

'Communication' a love story told in the lyrics of a song

It's been going on
for quite some while
we're not getting anywhere
it's only a waste of time
I can feel communication
getting rather thin
I can hear it break
while we're talking

It's a hard bit to chew
I know I have to
something I can't explain
emptiness crept in your voice
is just what I can't take
it used to be so different
full of laughter an' life

it's come to announcing
a straight statement
it's geting me deep inside
your hurting with those
irritated sighs
which can't hide
your interest is gone
out of sight

and I can hear it happen
line of communication
is getting rather thin
I try to keep it open
but I can hear it break
while we're talking

I can feel those
cold words touchin' me
its chill's surrounding me
with difficulty I anwer
it's not an easy one last call
so much there was to say
just hopin' to breath life
in to this conversation again

and I can hear it happen
line of communication''s
getting rather thin
I try to keep it open
but I can hear it break
while we're talking

we've come to the end
of a long hard struggle
where we took so many falls
I lost count
always hopin' to pull us together
never did I let my spirit down
never thought it was the last round
but by now I'm convinced
that last fall did us in

and I can hear it happen
line of communication's
getting rather thin
I try to keep it open
but I can hear it break
while we're talking
I can hear it fade
'till there's only the wind


(c) JR.  Eightees

Last Train

standin'in the road alone

 

I

 

see trains passin' by

 

I

 

don't know which one to take, don't know which way to go

 

Im

 

sad an' out of control

 

 

I

 

must make an effort, to pull myself together

there's

 

a

 

faint smell in the air, must be the turn of the weather

 

I'll

 

take

 

my

 

chances

whatever

 

 

 

I

 

lost too much of my life, it's shaken up startin' to slide

 

 

decisions

 are to be taken now

 

somethin' died in me today

 

I

 

must take it lyin' down

 

 

last train

 

is

 

at

 

the

 

station

 

 

I'll

 

take it got no explanation

 

it's

 

takin' me in to a future, I don't know much about

 

 

train's leavin'

 

I'm

 

checkin'

 

out

 

(c)  JR.

Like to read

love

 

to

 

read in my own time

 

I

 

need to know what's goin' on down the road all the time

 

 

it's

 

a way of life that has to be satisfied

 

and

 

I

 

want to know it all

 

 

read what's there to tell, sometimes it rings a bell

 

 

the

 

story they tell I know it all to well

 

it's about myself it is so crystal clear, I must have been here

 

come through a door opened years before

 

 

I,

I

 

didn't know I was on show

 

my

 

tale had been told, it's all in here to read

 

 

I

 

can't believe it's about me, 'cause I wasn't there

 

has been written in another time, that's the answer to me

 

 

so

 

I

 

read,  and read it well

 

first

 

person to know how life's gonna be

 

when

 

i

 

finish I wonder are there more like this

 

'cause it doesn't give  all the answers how a life

 

has to be lived

 

there

 

must be more people like me who like to read

 

come

 

across a story they can hardly believe

 

what it is they read when they understand they know they're

 

the

 

few chosen  that get a look

 

ahead

 

and

 

know what life's gonna be

 

 

(c) JR.



Hot Water

hot water

 

is what you see, is what you get

 

you're in hot water, ain't that sad

 

trickles down your spine

 

warms you up, blows your mind

 

hot water feels so nice

 

hot water

 

serves you right

 

 

 

I'm

 

in hot water, as much as I can be

 

feels so good, so right

 

hot water is trouble

 

hot water

 

is

 

mine

 

 

it's closin' in over me

 

uppin' my beat, makin' me sweat, makin' me steam

 

hot water is in me, serves me right

 

it can be there, drawin'  out my

 

life

 

 

hot water

 

will never get me easily

 

I'll jump out just in time leavin' hot water

 

where it is, makin' trouble

 

another will

 

find

 

 

 

(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

Dusty an' Grey

a past

 

dusty an' grey

 

I climbed out of it

 

its mud clingin' like clay

 

 

can't seem to lose it,  does not fade

 

as it  should, a past could

 

 

it's not a friendly one

 

nothin' to be proud of, follows me where ever I go

 

 

it will not be gone, addin' somethin' day by day

 

 

to a past  dusty an' grey

 

 

 

a time will come

 

it will not be replaced

 

a new life will be formed, it will bloom, will be bright

 

 

where dust, has no place, an' grey

 

has turned, its better

 

side

 

 

 

(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

Trophy

As

 

the

 

pain

 

 

reaches

 

its

 

outer limits

 

 

I

 

still

 

think

 

 

I

 

can

 

take

 

 

the

 

trophy

 

LIFE

 

is

 

 

(c)  JR.  2015

Old Glass

Dit is de oorspronkelijke Engelse tekst uit de tachtiger jaren van ' gebroken glas '

iedereen mag zelf uitmaken welke de beste is, deze of de Nederlandse vertaling

ik heb in die jaren ontzettend veel geschreven vooral in de Engelse taal en ook

teksten voor muziek ik zal er velen van deze aan dit blog ter beoordeling

gaan toe vertrouwen

 

 

 

a glass is getting old, breaking up, goin'to pieces

 

after such pleasures it gave, an old glass

 

so  many memories it has

 

 

and it breaks, can't be replaced

 

all the memories erased, breaking up

 

after so much pleasure it gave

 

 

and it breaks away

 

underneath your fingers

 

memories crushed to flinters

 

it can't be replaced, erasing all the names

 

that held her,  used her, 'till pleasure came

 

yes, it was great

 

 

a short, long life it had,

 

filled up to the rim

 

it was at its best,

 

never said no to a drink

 

never came second best

 

never had any rest

 

 

an' the glass it gave, without any resistance

 

it gave all its life, in an unheard sigh

 

without any sign of fright

 

catching that last light

 

 

an old glass on the shelf

 

crushed to peaces, without shouting 'help '

 

it vanished in to the past

 

without a clash

 

it didn't last

 

 

(c) JR.   tachtiger jaren

 

 

 



Ev'ryt ime you beg, I bleed a little

your eyes tell their tale

 

your hands ask me to stay

 

don;t start pleading again

 

çause ev'ry time you beg I bleed a littlle

 

 

and I'm crying pain

 

have to catch that last train

 

pain's in head, pain's in my heart

 

pain's takin' me apart

 

pain's more than I can take

 

more than I want, pain, cause we must part

 

and ev'ry time I go  you beg and I bleed a little

 

 

my life's in another city

 

belongs to someone else

 

he's waitin for me there

 

I'm a part of him as well

 

 

never can I tell about you

 

how I miss not being near

 

so don't make it hard on me when I leave

 

 

your eyes tell their tale

 

your hands ask me to stay

 

don't start pleading again

 

çause ev'ry time you beg I bleed a litle

 

 

and I'm crying pain

 

have to catch that last train

 

I'm  crying pain, you're in my heart

 

don't take it apart, don't plead again

 

pain's in my head, pain's in my soul, pain says don't go

 

 

don't destroy what you chose

 

founded on it your hopes

 

your eyes tell me the same

 

your hands ask me to stay

 

and

 

I'm crying pain

 

 

çause ev'ry time you beg,  I bleed a little

 

 

(c) JR.