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.

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

Roads

roads

 

in my life weren't always straight

 

most of them were crooked

 

muddy trails goin' one way

 

the way I didn't want to be

 

they weren't right for me

 

 

but I took them anyway

 

there was no other way

 

I took the blows standing up

 

lying down wasn't my style

 

 

I

 

walked the ailse where only time

 

shows its light

 

it was hard goin' up, I reached it

 

drank my cup

 

the cup we all drink from

 

 

ev'ry one in a different way

 

the differnce was

 

I

 

won !

 

 

 

(c) JR.   2015