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

Edge of life

somehow we're going somewhere
meeting the winter with care
treating my mind with care
longing for the sun not there

how come it's not there
not shining through my hair
it's frozen me in to a deep sleep
hibernation time is here

has come out of nowhere
nature's little time bomb
has gone off
bringing , rain, clouded days
stormy nights, blinding light
snow and ice

right at your door step
another try to get through
thawing out ice
thawing out what's mine
taking what's there

it's been years,
where is that smile
it was wiped out,
when I came back
from that long ride,
at the edge of life


(c) JR. Eightees

At ease

I'm very at ease
always am
with darkness in reach
gentle in the night
with you by my side

you don't say anything
nothing at all
you don't have to
I know it all

just lying with you
in the depth of the night
I know very strongly
here's where I live
here's where I belong

you're always there
with me to share
share is all we have
without any regrets
It's all we have

(c) JR.  Eightees

The aftermath

she was one great woman
never said she'd leave
kept me satisfied in love
with so little I was pleased

now she's gone away
feelin' out of place
I never broke the peace
yet, she never left me

she decided to call it a day
used me as a puppet
with whom she would play
a toy thrown in to the shade

I'm stuck with my love
thought she wouldn't leave
my heart misses its beat
it won't bring her back to me

so I'm siiting here
with a wasted life
with a pain I can bear
it'll heal in time

packing my suitcase
haven't got much left
collecting all my things
don't think I'll be back


(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

Even though they're bad

in a house with many rooms
all with a part of my life

I'm dustin' them one by one
see what I find

it's bits an' peaces
an' I don't see what I like

been makin' some wrong turns
those doors are closin' in my face

got to open them up again
an' I can't let go of those memories
they're so much a part of me

even though they're bad
they're all I ever had
seem to have lost the key

a world has turned me out
gonna build a new one
those doors will open loud

'cause I can't let go
of those memories
they're so much a part of me

even though they're bad
they're all I ever had

an' the house will be standing
as it always did

with the closed doors
with the many rooms
with all the memories

it will open up once more
'cause I can't let go of
those memories

they're so much a part of me
even though they're bad
they're all I ever had

so let me live my life
I've lived hard an' long
it'll pass and I'll walk along

(c) JR.  eightees

your song

 

 

 

 

night and day I hear your song

 

it is not that far away must come from a distant sea

 

an' I miss the song you whisper to me

 

it contains a promise I will see you again

 

but I have to wait it's been a long time

 

since you've gone away

 

 

an' I miss the song you whisper to me

 

those words keep floating to me

 

it makes me feel you're still with me

 

where ever you are it thrills me

 

 

I know some day I'll hear them again

 

I'll be there whispering the same words

 

you whispered to me and I'll be with you

 

as

 

always

 

 

(c) JR. 2017