vrijdag 29 december 2017

Bring us home

 
 
 
 
I'm your fire
your water in the ocean
the air you breathe
your sun in the sky
I can be ev'rything
you'd ever want me to be
'cause you're my woman,
and...
you're ev'rything
I'd want you to be
'cause...
we're our fire,
our water in the ocean,
our air we breathe
sun in the sky,
our stepping stone 
our rollin' stone
and it will roll an' roll
it will take us
wherever we want to go
and..
it
will bring us home
 
 
(c) JR.
 


donderdag 28 december 2017

Fallin' apart



I'm up an' about
runnin' around
uppin' my speed
uppin' my beat

my heart's  in retreat
is poundin'  away
I feel it comin' apart

and..

I'm fallin'
in some kind of dream
where I don't wake up

and..when I do
I'm in my chair
coolin' down

it's what the man
always says
in the fitness scene

fallin' apart
ev'rybodies dream

(c) JR. 2017

Difference



I need to look, see through any window
I need to look see through my window
I need to see the difference it makes

when daylight says hello... then turns away
and darkness is your stranger comin' in from
the cold and... then turns away

'cause my new mornin' says hello
and...
I need to look through my window
without any restraint, I need to look
to see the difference it makes


(c) JR.  28-12-2017

Ev'ry night



The devil was
in her eyes
taking chances
on a hunch
little devil
had me stung

strange look
strange smile
strange light
devíl's inside

in her spell
I hit the wall
hit the ceiling
what a life
kick inside
is what I like

ancient feeling
cutting slices
of my hide
taking chances

a girl like that
could break
could bend
could mend
in a moment

your mind's
her prize
prime posession
prime collection
takin' chances
ev'ry night


(c) JR.

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.

My Dream


walking about the lively town
on days autumn claims
my thoughts drift away

I feel it all getting to me
no commitment to please
walking of in a setting sun

slowly starting to run
geting away from it all
running into endless walls

in the distance an image shows
walking where the sun is low
I try to get as close as I can

slowly I come 'round the bend
past all those endless walls
I start running will I fall

will I get where I want
will I get there for nightfall
will I get there at all

too slowly 'round the bend
my last breath spent
buried the sun in the sand

I was lost slowly I ran
fell over an edge into light
coming to a hall with a door

running through a corridor
smoke leads to steam
where is my image, my dream

(c) JR.

woensdag 27 december 2017

Blue, Blue, Heart



It's cold, wet an' dark, it's the time of the year
that turns your head in a downward spin
a
promise a 'cold, wet an' dark winter time blues'
will set in
 
starin' at your TV, sippin' some leftover wine
hoping it will turn for the better and... 
Christmass is of your mind
 
another year  will be standing guard
with its 'cold, wet and dark  heart',  yet
I discover a ray of light and... my
darkness is surprised

it is sunshine it reappears, clears up my sky,
clears up my mind and for a moment...my 'cold,
wet and dark blues' disappear are out of sight
 
I'm alive, singin', shinin' life's good for a while
with that other year, a new year singin' its song
standin' guard a promise my 'cold, wet an' dark
winter time blues' will choose to leave my
blue, blue heart


(c) JR.  27-12-2017

vrijdag 22 december 2017

Beat



Well,
I thought, heck this here guitar
I don't play on it no more, so I'll give it
to her for Christmass to come
 
so I did, I walked over, yepp to all her surprise,
goin' out of her head, out of her mind
she still was that child in time, never saw the kid
in her so very pleased
 
I don't mind admittin' my glasses went foggy on me
so I turned, she had me beat, yes sir
she sure had me beat
 
 
(c) JR. 2017

donderdag 21 december 2017

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

zondag 17 december 2017

als je mij weer raakt


 
 
soms kan ik je zien
door de ogen van ons verleden
hoor ik jouw lach en parelt er weer een traan
luister ik naar jouw wanhoop
niet wetend
 
als ik mij omdraai hoezeer mij dat raakt
maar jouw keuze gaf mij geen keus
hoe zwaar dat ook was en ik ging
op weg naar een toekomst
waarvan ik wist
 
dat het zonder jou was
maar als je mij weer raakt en dat doe je elke nacht
voel ik weer even dat geluk, dat samenzijn
die bij die aanraking past
 
en...
 
als je mij weer raakt zo midden in de nacht
lijkt het of er even geen tijd bestaat geen verleden
geen toekomst zijn we weer een wij
is er even geen keuze hoor ik weer
jouw stem
 
zo zacht strelend midden in mijn lach
 
dan....
 
parelt er onbewust een traan waar van
ik niet wist dat ik die nog bezat
 
(c) JR. 17-12-2017

vrijdag 15 december 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

woensdag 13 december 2017

Master of the Bass



we loved it cherised the sound
resembling the bark of a hound
creating the song of the bass
playing its haunting tune ev'ry day
taking the bars a step ev'ry day

he was stricken with grief
when a car put his bass to sleep
all that remained were bits an' pieces
nothing could be done to ease ém
without his bass he'd fade away

in all his missery he met a lady
put him on his feet, still shaky
they worked day an' night
so hard, to save enough for a bass
of to the shop to put down their pay

it wasn't new, it wasn't old
just been standing in the cold
home they went to practice again
plat an' play and play he did
in time to join the band for a trip

beating the daylight out of the thing
squeezing the sound out of the strings
holding it on a very tight reign
so it knows who it is that plays
it is the Master of the bass

(c) JR.

Way of life


the streets are rough
you've gotto be tough
hey you, macho man
how's your woman

is she still interested
in your muscles,
your silly mind
hasn't she left yet
that would've been kind

you've gotto proof yourself
roll with the punches
knuckle ém under
keep ém there too

you can't afford to loose
'cause before you know
your chick goes
the best she will choose
could be, that's not you

roamin' the Streets
lookin' for a fight
it makes your day
somebodyelses night

blessed is your life
'cause you're macho man
you know the style
know how to shine

make the girls fight
it's a way to live
it's a way of life

(c)  JR.

Love's complete


love's cruel,
love's tender
love's a wonder
love can change
in a flash of anger

most of all it's sweet
has you on a lead
somethin' you can't beat
love's complete

a shot of love
nourishin' your brain
can have a cold touch
soaked in poison
straight to your heart

it'll tear it apart
that cold cold touch
love can stare
and have enough

It'll choose another victim to stay
set it on fire by wild desire
by wild rage it's caged
and it won't go, won't leave

this love's complete
stays uncounted days and nights
you've discovered life hang on
where love's...wild


(c) JR.

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.

dinsdag 12 december 2017

Take this world


a bird with a broken beak
couldn't feed himself
life expired in the heat

I watched an' saw him die
there was nothing I could do
and I thought at the time

this is not gonna be  my style
if I die I die with pride
standin' in my leather boots

goin' back to my roots
but first I'm gonna be free
like he was before he broke
his tiny beak on that big big tree

it's not gonna happen to me
I'm gonna take this world
shake it by its dirty  roots

tell it what the mornin's like 
and the night's gonna be
I'm gonna fly an' be free

gonna show the world my face
bring it to the big screen so
they'll never forget my name

high on the wing I'll be
fly with the eye of an eagle
settle only for the highest fees

dance way up in the sky
I'm on the rise getting there
just one more ride to the sky

'cause for all the power I'm free
I'm not gonna expire in the heat
I'm gonna take this world

shake it by its dirty roots
tell it what the mornin's like
an' the night's gonna be

I'm gonna fly and be... free


(c) JR.

vrijdag 8 december 2017

Christmass ev'rytime



Christmass it is
Christmass it will be
Christmass is our treat
 
a new year biding time
another year added to our lives
 
will fit like a glove
will give us a surprise
as Christmass always does
ev'rytime
 
 
Best wishes to ev'ryone visiting and those for the first time to come
 
Thank you for your support
 
JR. 2017

zondag 3 december 2017

Dat had hij niet


Starend in de diepte over zijn land, waarvan hij het einde niet kon zien
dacht hij aan al die lege kamers , onbewoond waar geen geluid te horen was.
Hij krabde zich achter z'n oor, keek om zich heen naar al die luxe
die hem nu zo gewoon was, een noodzakelijkheid die er niet meer toe deed.

Er was niemand die luisterde, ook niet als hij sluimerde,
niemand die tegen hem sprak, zijn bedienden om hem heen hadden
geen empathie geen emotie voor de man omgeven met zoveel smart
die zijn rijkdom hem bracht.

Hij was alleen en s-nachts als hij terugkeerde  op z'n levenspad,
kwam hij haar steevast tegen, dat meisje uit 't verleden van een jaar of negen,
die zei toen hij haar verliet, 'kijk maar in de tijd Maurice
dan kom je mij weer tegen, dan hoor je weer mijn lach
dan zal je weer leven' .

Die weg liep hij elke nacht en elke nacht schoot hij weer wakker
en was het de nacht die zijn verdriet zag. Met al die rijkdom kwam het besef
dat hij alles kon kopen maar dit niet, die aanraking,
die overgave het intens genieten van wat liefde en zijn geborgenheid biedt,
dat had hij niet en elke nacht zag weer zijn verdriet.
Het werd stiller en stiller om hem heen
de vreugde die rijkdom eens gaf
verdween.

En elke dag liep hij naar de markt zat daar met z'n Vino op het terras
keek naar de mensen die hem voorbij liepen met hun lach, dag na dag.
Tot de dag dat hij een lach hoorde die anders was dan elke andere lach,
het was een lach die een herkenning in zich had.

Hij keek rond en zag een dame lichtgrijs in haar jaren,
charmant met rond haar lippen die lach die hij net gehoord had.
het was die lach die een herinnering bij hem boven bracht, 
het was die lach die zei:
 ' kijk in de tijd Maurice kijk en je hoort weer mijn lach
en
dan vind je weer terug wat je ooit hebt gehad.


(c) JR. 3-12-2017

zaterdag 2 december 2017

Night in the city



citylights they watch me
they give me fright
when I wander along
the banks of the river
they make me shiver
by their cold stare
that's all but there

follows me ev'ry where
whereever I go never
seem to leave me alone
alone in the streets that
give me their quietness
that give me their peace

I can hear them breath
I can hear them call for me
to walk in them
just for pleasure, just to please

I'm a city freak
I wander the streets
the streets show me
what I wanna see
I'm so very pleased
the streets call me
yes...
they really love me

what ever I see
they kept for me
all the murders
all the rapes
I see them happen
in a front row seat
again an' again

that's why I wander
wander at nightfall
'cause the Streets
are pleased to see me
wander them at their
darkside
wander them where
there are no city lights


(c) JR.

vrijdag 1 december 2017

Old Cult Bizar


I smell,
the mystery in the air
it's ripe I pluck my hair
where priests have trodden

my feet do me bother
I've come from so far
to witness the old cult bizar

it;s ancient not Greek
you'll find weird signs
at a certain stage of the sun

will show you where to find
what is written down on the
stones of old

they don't grow cold
they're full of fire
for the first time Earth
discovered life they
learned to survive

they were learned those men
that build Stonehenge
it's little things that show
a butterfly not on the wing

carved in stone Stonhenge
his home, centuries past
it still lasts

there's no heaven
for the butterfly to roam
it will stay carved in the
old ways

it never moved
the priests of old
wouldn't approve

its magic is still around
even now the spell is cast
and men is bound

(c) JR.

Glory days


we were there, the world was ours
we were ready to build its towers
take the world by its feet
to show them we would succeed
ready to go after our price
our fame an' glory in this life

we scattered all over the earth
lost track of our moves some
thought they were unigue were
caught in a dead end street

several, slowly but steadily climbed
others rose to fame in litttle time
but in ev'ry case, they paid a price
to get up so high in the limelight

gettin' there wasn't a straight line
many tripped an' fell in to a hell
shook their heads, started over
where they fell

back in to the race for power
might an' wealth

so while ev'rybody was busy
consolidating a place in life
I wrote my book about their
escapades

it struck me throughout the years
they had found their place in the
ratrace
nothin' reminded of the once young
graduate

they all more or less had met succes
and had adjusted to the ways society
had demanded for decades

now their children following their steps
where once their ol' man chased girls
where once their mother went to bed


(c) JR.

Five Fingers



I came in to town
when the sun was down
it didn't occur to me I'd meet
somebody right here in the street

He said, 'you're wearin' your belt low'
I don't want any trouble out of you
or you'll find yourself close
to a graveyard stone

Now I didn't want to displease
any of the good people here
as I was kinda dry inside
I stopped at the local saloon

Its name had a familiar ring
I stepped in with a swing
'Five Fingers' was there
ready to beat me to the draw

as I turned out he did but he missed
shot a hole in my left hand the hand
I could spend

for the right it was that killed him
actually not a shadow it was Ishot
I moved on as fast as I could

put distance between me and a lot o' hate
'cause 'Five Fingers' wasn't a game you
played

he was out on the hunt in his very own way
would he catch up he'd make me pay
I didn't want that, so I ran from the 'Hell Cat'

I hid in the tiniest hole, even 'Five Fingers'
couldn't find it on his own


(c) JR.

2018

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