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

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

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

Life

I'm

 

standing here right out of the blue, in a ray of light

 

don't know what to do

 

don't believe in life anymore, but I've go to hang on

 

just

 

for the sake of living

 

I

must

 

get through this  , it will cease to excist, but it'll  take time,

 

 

 

I

 

flip a dime

 

time will be all mine, my life is like a shell, hollow and empty

 

getting

 

drowned by its sea of emotion

 

 

 

thrust upon a shore, barely alive

 

I

 

will

 

recover

 

 

I

 

will crawl to freedom and take it by its tail

 

I

 

will shake it be once more in the running again

 

and

 

get

 

rid of my pain, that grabs me again and again

 

 

 

I

want to get rid of it  and be whole again,'cause I'm downcast

 

thrown un to the ground where I crawl around

 

looking for way out

 

as

 

always in myself , got to do it myself, to be whole again

 

I'll

 

take my stand , be back on the edge , work my way back

 

and

 

I

 

ask myself what do I want from this life

 

 

 

it

 

is

 

not much some sanity to live on in peace

 

and

 

lie

 

under the appletree

 

thinking

 

this life it is to

 

be

 

(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

Livin' like that

it

 

appears out o' nowhere as clear as the sky

 

it's what I rememember of that time hidden inside

 

when clouds weren't there

 

it

 

was a good thing we shared

 

now

 

so cold out on my own, I'd  like somebody to show

 

as

 

always clouds get in the way, guess livin' like that

 

will never come again 

 

 

 

(c) JR.



The Game

I'll always be thinkin' of you

 

even if you don't of me

 

there'll always be that touch you left behind

 

 

it

 

was more than kind

 

yes, you spend time with me

 

 

time our own 'cause we came more than

 

close

 

 

and you were lost in me, as I was in you

 

yet you didn't come through

 

you came an' you went

 

in the same way

 

I

 

found

 

you

 

 

 

strugglin' for you as I was all the time

 

tryin'to save me an'  you, were we used

 

I really couldn't say

 

 

we

 

played the game

 

which i would recognise anwhere

 

 

in it was you

 

why couldn't you keep me as you

 

should

 

 

 

(c)  JR.   

Just the feelin'

there are no words, you're one of a kind

 

one above questioning, there you were

 

ginvin' strenght, hope and dignaty

 

when it was needed, you were

 

a rock to depend on

 

 

 

a listener, counceler, my lover and friend

 

my friend

 

without helping it happened

 

I still wonder how it did

 

would it be friend

 

 

I could have no better, still  I value your qualities

 

I treasure your love and kindness, it wasn't waisted

 

I'm gratefull for the time you spend on me

 

but

 

things are as they are, feelings change

 

I wish they hadn't, had to admit they did

 

I changed a mystery to me, all I needed you had

 

 

just

 

the feelin' lacked

 

 

 

(c) JR. 2013