Overleven

pas

 

in slechte tijden is het dat de mens

 

zichzelf

 

kent

 

 

als

 

hij wordt uitgedaagd

 

van zichzelf versteld staat

 

de

 

kracht die hij dan opbrengt

 

is

 

niet van een mens

 

 

wanneer

 

zijn woede brult door het heelal

 

wanneer

 

zijn beschaving af valt

 

wanneer

 

hij weer wordt het dier

 

wanneer

 

zijn instinct zegeviert

 

 

wanneer

 

hij moet overleven

 

om

 

weer mens te wezen

 

 

(c) JR.  2015



Missed you comin' in

I'm

 

always

 

there

 

where they can find me, and I'm not far away

 

mostly I give in, I just can't win

 

same ol' thing

 

 

where have you bin lately

 

we missed you comin' in

 

 

I'm

 

always there where they can find me

 

and I'm not far away, not for you

 

you're my begin, I easily give in, I just can't win

 

where have you been

 

just

 

comin'

 

in

 

 

I

 

was anyway, they were about, she was around

 

I just can't win, you're my begin, I easily give in

 

and

 

they always know where to find me

 

I'm

 

not far away

 

 

they kow I'm there, they all care, they all want me

 

especially,

 

she

 

'cause she needs me

 

where have I bin, she knows I was just comin' in

 

she knows they're my ways

 

I've

 

always bin somewhere

 

they all care

 

they still know I'm there

 

where they can find me, if they need me

 

they come 'round, they've missed me

 

mostly I give in, run with the pack, 'cause she's my begin

 

she knows I know

 

 

'where have you bin lately

 

just

 

comin'

 

in''

 

(c) JR.  eightees

Maybe I can care or even love

 

 

comin'

 

from the past reachin' in to my dream

 

you come to me in the shadow of my thought

 

maybe

 

I

 

can care or even love

 

as long as you stay, don't leave me again

 

as

 

you

 

did

 

when we were kids

 

took of an' you were gone,

 

you came in to my thought, when I least expected it

 

in

 

my dream you were caught

 

maybe I can care or even love

 

 

I

 

try to make you stay, I want to know where I can find you again

 

but

 

my dream's  fadin' not much time left

 

so tell me where you are, I want6 to know the place

 

'cause I really care

 

 

 

once

 

you were in my world, it's somethin' I can't shake

 

I

 

shuffle my deck o' cards

 

up

 

comes the queen o' hearts, yes, you belong in my heart

 

maybe now I can care or even love

 

 

many

 

do say a dream's no fake

 

come back to me tonight, to tell me exactly

 

wher it is you hide, 'cause I can feel somethin's  not right

 

once I know I'll come an' take you away

 

from

 

whatever it is, that keeps you caged,

 

in the shade

 

where we met, laughed, never realisin'

 

what we had

 

after

 

so much we shared

 

I

 

think I can care or even

 

love

 

(c)  JR.

Lost it somewhere

 

 

 

 

 

I'd

 

like to travel 'round ev'ry corner

 

'round ev'ry bend, uncover any stone

 

cut through wilderness, go down any road

 

see

 

if trust is there, I've lost it somewhere

 

 

 

lookin' in ev;ry town, searchin'  ev'ry lane

 

searchin' way down, where nobody's been

 

enter any cave, deep

 

 

 

I'd l;ike to travel, look for more, see if it's there

 

lost it somewhere

 

 

board a ship sailin' , sand

 

crossin' endless miles, in countless desserts

 

still it goes on

 

 

I haven;t seen it all, I've searched valleys

 

climbed over mountains, drank from their water

 

watched the skies, if it was up there

 

guess it would be mine

 

 

no sign comin' to me at all

 

so I abandon my quest, return home for a rest

 

somebody in the door, waitin there with a trust in her eyes

 

I

 

just couldn;t find

 

 

it

 

will be some time, before I travel

 

yet

 

another

 

mile

 

(c) JR. 

Tobacco Road

 

it's

 

a

 

midsummer, Sunday afternoon

 

sun's  high up in the sky at the sweat of the day

 

fields o' green dominate the vieuw, there's  a humm

 

a

 

song rises up, someone starts to sing about the only freedom he has

 

the

 

freedom

 

within

 

 

it's

 

a religious song, a powerfull song, a bearer of strenght

 

a

 

hymn

 

others pick up on it, start fallin' in

 

it sings about all the lost yesterdays and their tomorrows
 

 

then...

 

 finds its way down 'Tobacco Road'

where its blues

 

never

 

end

 

 

 

(c)  JR.  29 augustus 2017



Heat wave

 

 

 

 

where are we now

 

weather's coolin' down

 

a

 

heath wave took command, hidden in the land

 

our

 

minds filled with hot sand,  just took her hand

 

something burst, no clouds as far as

 

I

 

could

 

see

 

 

caught in a web of emotion

 

nature took its course as of old

 

poor boy, rich girl, lifes miles apart

 

a

 

heathwave took command

 

strange things happened  , led by an unseen hand

 

a

 

passion flower grew, she wouldn't stop it

 

from

 

comin' to bloom

 

this

 

heath wave laid  a scent of true command

 

 

 

weather was coolin'  down, took her back up town

 

in

 

her little sportscar, with a distant plate

 

 

we were strangers again, said good bye with

 

a

 

faint little smile

 

 

nothin'to keep us, nothin' enough to stay

 

she

 

drove out of my life, never bothered to look twice

 

 

it

 

happened again after so many years

 

a

 

passion flower growing, takin' her time

 

she

 

would stop here

 

a

 

heath wave on, takin' command

 

forcing us to grow another flower

 

again 

 

 

(c) JR.

 

 

 

Inspired Men

 

 

they call the shots, have all the men

 

to change a nation, in whatever they want

 

 whatever they choose

 

 

they're inspired men

 

change what they can, a lifestyle, culture, change ordinairy men

 

they're inspired men

 

 

cheatin'' one out of ten

 

foul play is their plan, controll your mind , move of your hand

 

these inspired men

 

 

countries, a world,  with so much as a touch

 

so much as a glance,

 

inspired

 

these

 

men

 

 

not playin' for dimes, for somethin' on the side

 

it's not what they want, actually not their style

 

they take a bigger slice

 

 

never seen, never known, 

 

never

 

reach a front page, no face is there to show

 

these inspired men

 

rule by the stroke of a pen , about  your sweet short life

 

might

 

you happen to cross where their excistence

 

lies

 

(c)  JR.