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

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.