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

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

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

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

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

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.