woensdag 29 november 2017

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.

maandag 27 november 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.

zondag 26 november 2017

Gloves



an easy chair,
not always the promise of an easy life
it only guarantees your paycheck will
always be on time

the souls in your seat they fit like a glove
their chair is crippled, old doesn't fit
is like that old glove

your chair,
it cannot be touched, and they're waitin'
for those gloves to come off

and when they do,
your chair won't feel as easy as it should
your seat will be torn apart


(c)  JR. 26-11-2017

vrijdag 24 november 2017

Private war


empty soldiers ten bars deep
promissing days of dreams
promissing hours of delight
promissing hours returning
from that fatal journey
gettin' the liquid out

back to square one
fichting back to reality

empty sodiers won't be pleased
empty soldiers by the door
empty soldiers in the store
empty soldiers under the bed
empty soldiers was all he had

in the shed, the bar the tall soldiers
were standing guard they would all
be used and tested if they were foolproof

living his days in sweet dreams
saddest man ever has been
he knew it would end all soon
if he didn't fight the empty soldiers
fight the lot of them to the tooth

or the system would cave in
let the soldiers take a win
he knew that wouldn't do

grasped that last straw
beat them to the draw
he struggled back to reality
broke the empty soldiers bones
won his private war and...
returned
home


(c) JR. eightees

Last Breath



ebony eyes met me with a stare
we were puttin' someone to rest
in this graveyard, a very dear friend
and ebony eyes placed a bet he was
not comin' back


she saw my insane glance knew
I was the best she could get better
than she had had

I knew her from way back
when we were all friends
most of us with a future ahead
but she saw to it we all met our death

except me, I was too insane to catch
she now was loaded with dice
on friendship she put a high price
she finally recognised me then
kisses an' tears next

she almost squeezed me to death
didn't mind I'd killed an' knifed
to her that was part of life

invited me to stay a day or two she
was someone you didn't say no to

it's been a long time since
and life has not been dull
my ebony eyes she's a handfull

I've got no regrets
even if it's gonna take my last breath

(c) JR.  eightees

Drizzlin' rain


on a rainy day
London an' Paris
are much the same
no use lookin'
for a better place
It's all drizzlin' rain

it is when I found him
at the station,
sittin' on a bench
last train went
waitin' for it to happen

alone in the dark
waitin'for some love
he knew nothin' about
was comin' 'round
puttin' on a show
makin' believe
he was a pro

he was afraid
to blow the game
I led him on
in his believe
he was makin' it all
with me

I taught him
what love was
when he left
he was spent
still it happened

he kept comin'
to that bench
now ev'ry night
he's comin'
takin' it all
takin' it in

learning fast
like a fish's first swim
he drained
all I know
in the rain

drizzlin' rain
in the surf of my life
got a man
took him down
in the rain

(c) JR.  eightees

donderdag 23 november 2017

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. 

woensdag 22 november 2017

Zand



zand
is als zand
maar verbonden met elkaar
ze glijdt door de vingers als een
loos gebaar
en...elke keer geen ik maar een wij
als sneeuw van de hitte zijn zij


(c) JR. 2017

maandag 20 november 2017

Buried in time



well,
lookin', searchin', wondering
lookin' for answers buried in
time

unexpected findin', and yet
not wantin' to find those lost
memories blowin' your mind

yet,
there it is, staring me in the face
findin' you again I see myself in
your face

same look, same smile, twinkle in the eye
it's all there buried in time, somethin' left
behind

yes,
not admitting, but it moves me
somethin' in the eye, I look knowin'
nothin' can come of this, it should stay
buried in time

an' again I turn away,
knowing how much
it will hurt,
still,...it's best buried in time

(c) JR.  21-11-2017

zondag 19 november 2017

Feelin' young



feelin' young... and weary to the bone
feelin' young...yet nothin' will show
feelin' young...where youth has taken its toll
there's one thing I know, feelin' young doesn't
show when you're weary to the bone


(c) JR. 19-11-2017

zaterdag 18 november 2017

Angel eyes



Angel is his name
he looks at you with
those baby blue eyes
and calls the price of
what you wanna take

'get crackin'' he says
that's all you do
you take that drug
feel 'God' of this wold
second after that
you're down to scum too

Angel smiles when you pay
Angel kills when you delay
your payment must be one
continues flow once you stop
he'll nail your bones

'Crack' is allright
'Crack' blows your mind
'Crack' makes your soul free
brother are you in deep

take a couple take some more
the dawn will escape unnoticed
at sunset life will fade once more

you'll be a plant
living in a dreamland
where your stay will be permanent
if an overdose it is you take

but the pay is good
and Angel closes an eye
when you pay your dues

his dust kills regardless who
and you want it pay is all you do
Angel smiles says, 'com'on try !

once you taste his dust
your mind is satisfied , just
but Angel feeds you more

has no intrest in your life
not even if you stay
somebodyelse will pay !!


(c) JR.

vrijdag 17 november 2017

Comin' in


It's been a long time
catchin' up 'till we drop
in to a sweat we break
we know it'll never stop

it keeps us alive for those times
when again our light comes up
and shines

it's how we live an' live
it's how we give an' give
workin' the train again
for countless weeks an' days
will he come back in the rain

it's a lonely night
rain doesn't seem to lift
there's a train on the run
wonder when he's  comin' in

I just don't know, when he'll show
all I can do is wait
I hear the sound of the gate
I turn over and stay

I hear him turn in
now I'm wide awake
he stirs me with his imagination
leads me in to the early morning

I go down, come up again
back to where he is
inviting me to the same
I don't resist, it's been so long
I know  what I've missed

I get dressed, just for breakfast
sent the kids on their way
starting all over again
making up for all those days
wonder when he'll come agian


(c) JR.

Belle, my southern Belle

 
the battle had been fought
smoke lay over the land
carried away by a slight breeze
silence was at last in reach
 
out of chaos we came together
riding horses we picked our way
through where the dead lay
reaching town at daybreak
 
this was our town, our land
people still had pride in them
they weren't broken nor bend
this was our town, our land
 
it was good to see Belle there
treating the wounded, taking care
as by chance she looked up to me
surprise in her eyes when she saw me
 
Belle and I go back a long way
know her from the olden days
she lived in the big house where
all her family stayed
 
allready then we felt this way
in the confusion we both drifted away
untill this day we met again realising
it was all very much the same
 
time we didn't have a lot of
her soft arms held me locked
locked to her throbbing heart
filled to the rim with love
 
it went on and on
untill we could give no more
resting to collect the strenght
the strenght to start over again
 
 
 
(c) JR.

donderdag 16 november 2017

Sunshine




there ain't no Sunshine where I go
no Sunshine...where love grows cold
no Sunshine...when it dies in the Streets
no Sunshine...when its destruction
is...
complete



(c) JR. 2017

woensdag 15 november 2017

Poor, poor heart



wounded in a particular place
where I hid a particular name
I reached the end of my capacity
to recover from this raging agony
it goes on and on an endless time
my poor, poor heart was on the line

what is to be done
lying down
in her naked sun
it overpowered me 
as an incoming wave
I was told
there was no longer
 a room or place for me
my poor, poor heart
almost jumped its case
I was so surprised
at what hit me at the time
my poor, poor heart
almost lost its mind

I gazed in disbelieve
at what was coming over me
a woman
perfect as far as I could see
wounded a particular place in me
something kept me alive
in these perilious times
irony it was, I was cured by someone
I, in many days hadn't thought of

finally when I came to rest
my poor, poor heart came apart
in tenthousand pieces,
collected one by one
by someone I hardly knew anything of
I was build, ev'ry second, minute
back to what I was
my poor, poor heart
mended from the past

(c) JR.

Breathing


was breathing
my last breath
still had a couple o' sighs left
when suddenly an angel appears

with noiseless wings
comin' to show his love
comin' to take me away

I thought 'oh well'
there's no better place
where I can stay
and fly all day

took....my breath away !


(c) JR.

Sleep



I go to sleep
when the candles die
it's quite late
but I don't mind
as long I'm sound of mind

and my sleep is a quiet one
I'm fully relaxed
I dream of yesterday
they give me a hiding place

I awake
with questions in my mind
but they don't mind
I let them ride
and put them aside

I still sleep in the present
and I don't mind
let the past ride
let it pass me by

(c) JR.

Timeless




when I walk
through a timeless door
and...
a new Universe presents it self
I think as 'GOD' I've done well



(c) JR. 2017

dinsdag 14 november 2017

Butterfly



a butterfly in a web
beauty in need,
I set it free
it gave me a wish

I thought about it
I asked it,
like I did to you
set my legs free

now I walk the streets
after what the butterfly
did for me



(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

maandag 13 november 2017

Wondering


when times are rough
a change is needed
I get up, dial a number
the answer is sweet

she knows,
I'm in trouble
and really bleeding

she knows
I need a soft touch
when I arrive it's all there
I don't have to ask
somebody's there to care

when I've done
a bit of dying
which is a case
of surviving
I get my case
fill it up again

no words can pay
for the treatment
she  gave
she knows
doesn't ask either
she's happy I'm okay
she has enough care
to give away

I'm on my feet
trying out the world
I can live again
it's no easy life
but it's all I have

she knows
she's there
when it gets too much
she's there
all the time

wondering when...
I'll come again

(c) JR.

Paradise



coming right from Paradise
not knowing what it was like
hearing a mortal soul wheep
being so desperately in need

I floated in on the wind
stretching my wings
a breeze in my face
I went down to investigate

met by untolerable grief
I whispered love put my
hand down on her she felt
relief

she was to be taken away
to where the pain would
fade away into eternal peace

so I took her up to the light
through an endless tunnel
waiting with a new life

(c) JR.

Lips



your lips
keep visiting mine
your lips
keep leavin' mine
lips my very soul
lips my very own
lips my very goal
lips my very game
lips...
got to be tamed

I've never been ashamed
now you turn on me
may the lips I keep



a showdown makes you leave
no more lips for me
a passion is in me

where are the times your lips
kept visiting mine, never to go
away

lips a silly game
never to return
lips lost in time

what made you do it
what
punishment is mine
will there be a time
when you wish your lips
kept visiting mine


(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.

zondag 12 november 2017

why do we do


Why
do we do what we do
why

why should we
some act in which we trust
some act we think is just
some act we think is right
something we happen to like

that's why we do what we do
ain't that nice

simple as a dream
simple but real
we do what we feel
it is just
looks like what it seems
we do what we feel

it's right, it's just
why do we do what we do
'cause it's a must
'cause it's a mission
'cause it's just
it's our vision

(c) JR.

Without rules



I haven't forgotten love
it's just not around me
any more
I feel disappointed

I'm without rules

nobody
to rub shoulders with
no expecting kiss,
it's not there

I'm without rules

they say to me
how to behave
whenever it comes
not knowing how to cope
when it comes to my door

when it does, I'm shocked
I'm scared, I've forgotten
the...

'RULES"

When you touch



an' when we laughed
at the crack of dawn
with nobodyelse there
where nobody would care
with nobody to share

all things were fair
our breed was rare
one of a kind we survived
a raging storm in time

and when you touch
I'm lifted high
higher than the skies
I seize a passing light

it's you...

something
I've been waiting for
tremors run through me
my mind is satisfied
my heart's runnin' a mile

'cause it's you...

and when we touch
I'm lifted high
where I reach out
and get so much

I'm stunned,
it's enough
to hold on to
just don't stop
and I'm lifted high...

'cause it's you


(c) JR.

zaterdag 11 november 2017

Messenger



I smell autumn in the air
must find a shelter when
the air is still a breeze

and I will meet you in the forest
with your ebony eyes staring in
the distance at me

autumn has sent me its messenger
to keep me in a stormy weather
rainy days never did I complain

she gave her warmth to me
which was all I ever asked
and days became more or less
nights

that only a new season could subside
and when it came, it was hard to take
leave
of something that had become a part
of me

I had a choice go with her
become a Messenger of autumn
if need
as winter was not far away and
almost in reach


(c) JR.

vrijdag 10 november 2017

A silence


all I want is
to think come to terms
with my surroundings
where I don't  find a will
to listen to the silence
I bear

a silence is in me
keeps me out of reach
out of touch
guards my secrets
a silence is in me

so I struggle on
fighting  contradiction
in a process of regaining
a balance in my soul
I need...
'cause a silence
is in me

regaining my security
is all I need to get by
this silence will leave me
in its retreat
free on the mend
I'll step in to life again

a silence was in me
kept me out of reach
out of touch
it will always leave
a silence was in me


(c) JR.

Yesterday



the rain's hittin' me
with respect
it is a summer rain
it isn't wet
coolin' me down
way out of town

in a field
where the only noise is
buzzing bees
takin' it home as I do
when I'm with her alone
in these Woods

the field knows
it's being used
it doesn't mind
it comes to bloom

takin' me an' Sally far away
in to the colours of the day
an' we don't mind we've got time
to lay down be surprised
by the freshness of it all

our green wall
will never come down
will never decay
we don't intend to stay
takin' it home
as to remind summer days

in their prime
where nothing was lost
with so much to give
little did we take
it didn't break
the freshness
of...
yesterday



(c) JR. 2017
 
 
 
 









zaterdag 4 november 2017

Pictures do tell



my life on the wall
is not one of many
if not at all,
pictures... do tell

maybe it's borin'
somethin' you don't need
to me it's all I have
I want to keep

pictures... do tell
will answer it all
will give you a clue
to what I am, what I do

it cannot lie
it's the truth
captured by light
it cannot lie

it's been a life
not yet dead still alive
stretched to its limmits
stretched to the skies


it will not lie
it won't go down
I'm still here
to show you my life
on the wall
pictures... do tell

(c) JR.  Ninetees

Celia



she was always there
Celia, and her roses
tending them with care
she... was their only heir

caught in a web woven
out of super holiness

she was always there
Celia and her roses she
invited me to come and
see how they bloomed

as Celia did as she looked
in that perculiar way,
a rose was saved for me

and I did come and collect
it must be years back
since then many roses
came to bloom

I tended them with care
she was my garden
I...her only heir

she willingly gave me
my share
it was more I could
ever take
from

Celia...
with the roses

(c) JR.

Ev'rytime




waitin' for Sophy
more than an hour
Sophie's like a flower

showing of her colour
but not around here
so I wait an' wait

it gets darker
startin' to rain
water in my shoes

feel  like an idiot
but still I stay
waitin' for Sophie
a second day

suddenly a taxi swings 'round
out comes sophie with a smile

that's what I do it for
for that smile
I can't resist it
that's why I wait
ev'rytime

(c) JR. 2017

vrijdag 3 november 2017

Vallend blad




aangekomen in de herfst van een leven kerft
een vallend blad al bladerend zijn verhaal
in de bast van een oude boom die
allang wist dat zijn verhaal in
schrift gevat was...
in de herfst van een leven
valt een blad voor
de laatste
maal


 
 
(c) JR. 2017

woensdag 1 november 2017

Down came the thunder



water on the rocks
coming down through
the splendour of the grass
as our love is where we rest

heaven never was that steel blue
joining in at nature's special tune
silent as a summer morning in dew
never, never was the earth so pure

our love as water on the carved rocks
coming down over the rich land
cuting corners, cuting stones and sand
through the splendour of the grass

creating its own road to travel
towards us where we rest at last
as the love is we both share
killing the fears at our feet
below us, way down deep
in the sand

water on the rocks don't seem to end
water on the rocks coming down
as the love we found
water's coming down and down

giving food to what we found
giving it reason to survive
keeping it alive in shimmering lights
letting it grow in to its daylight
setlling down in our hearts
where it is like water on the rocks

heading for that final count down
where the water frrom the rocks
comes down, keeps coming down
from those heights we try to find

ignorance blocking us we still find the way
way deep inside we find what's hidden
what the eye doesn't see, almost leaves
in its retreat

yet, we find our way in water from the rocks
yes, water of the rocks showed us within
we saw the secret where it began  ended
we drank our water from the rocks

wanting more and more where it came from
 satisfying our thirst, then came the word
we lay down next to our fears that had
disappeard when we became man

down came the hunder, down came the rain
making us clean, washing the sins away
one day water of the rocks will come down again


(c) JR.

2018

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