Somewhere out there

as a feast finds it self in its ending
and a silence takes its rightfull place
in a room lost for words

a man's resting his eyes on the now
empty chairs, trying to recollect the
image of the person that sat there
 
it is then, a door finds its lock an'
key and a room somewhere, out there
is cast into the loneliness of...

the lost word again

(c) JR. 2018

And I know you do

and again you've gone leaving me
all the good things inside of you yet
the best thing in you, you didn't leave
the best thing in you is you and me

and you must go, as you must, you must
go, you have my trust, go to that place in
time, live there for a while spend some
time on yourself, resting your weary mind

as I know you worry a lot, to where we are
and...are not, and you will be gone for some
time, walking the earth somewhere, with me
wondering , what you're doing so far away
in exile

and I'll never know the reason 'why' and yet...
I'll never need to, 'cause you're coming back
all smiles, having made up your mind, about
all that it is you desire

'cause whatever you do, I will always be
that what it is you need and...
I know you do




(c) JR. 2018

The last image autumn left behind

it's just a weeds flower 

in the bud and doen't she look sweet 

when summer leaves and autum gives us

 that last sacred look of that flower tryin' to survive

its ... 

autumn  in the bud

(c) JR photo JR. autumn 2018

My Place

I know, this is where I'll die
somethin' tells me, this place
I found

will be where I'll end my life
it's a beautifull place, so peacefull
it has no lies

as far as I can see, this place, it will
be true to me, it's what I want this
place

is something, like a fantasy or more
a wish to rest my weary bones, to get
away from the world

let it leave me, near a dyin' fire, wine
flowin' close to an early morning where
birds can sing

an' noise is in retreat, my place as it is
is not much but mine to live, as long
as I can

it will protect me, shelter me from an
aging storm, that will get to me when
I'm ready

yet, 'till I die, I will live in such a way
it will drive 'Man' insane, in a surge
I will take it all

an' finally when I drop, I will whisper
under my breath: 'it wasn't all that bad'
in a beautifull place

so peacfull it has no lies, this place
true to me, is what I wanted, my need
to have

where I took a last stand, I did it well
nobody knew, 'till I fell, in this beautifull
place

so true to me, and under my breath I'll
whisper, ' it was my need to  have those
walls around me

'My Place', as it stands

(c) JR. 1985

Doesn't come easy

it doesn't come easy
it doesn't come easy
at all when you rise

buildin' your life
moldin' it to your style
with no place to fall

after all the madness
sadness, tears and cheers
it is a forever changin' wind

tryin' to make the most of it
tryin' to make it win, suddenly
you're there

you've found the chair that
fits you, with a wife, child,
dog and a house

you've arrived, you've done well
we;re proud, but the chair, it kicks
you out, into the street

makin' ends meet, sellin' house, car
sellin'it all, back to where it all began
startin' all over again

after all the madness, tears, all those
years, again you're there, a grey shade
crept into your hair

there's an acient look in your eyes, old,
the lies of life they hide, for the innocent
the children of your children

after all the madness, sadness, tears
and cheers, after all those years a long
day it was, lookin' up at the skies

it didn't come easy

(c) JR. 2016

Trophy

as

the

pain

reaches

its

outer

limits

I

still

think

I

can

take

the

trophy

life

is

(c) JR. 2015

A Silence

all I wanted was to think come
to terms with my surroundings
where

I didn't find a will to listen to
the silence I bear, a silence is
in me

keeps me out of touch, out of
reach, guarding 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 into life again, a silence is
in me, keeps me out of touch out of
reach

it will always leave, a silence is in
me

(c) JR. lyrics eightees

slow pain

there's a slow pain penetrating my heart
I think somehow, I'm almost certain it has
reached each an' ev'ry part

it must be love, there's a slow pain
penentrating my heart, strong talk
is what you have

talk of what it is to be on top of things
seems so very important, I don't need
it so much

only thing I can think of is, is in it in
you to love, 'cause a slow pain's
penetrating my heart

all the strong talk, cannot disguise
cannot even hide, what''s goin' on
inside

what's happening to you, can only guess
what I see, it must be love you need
something you could get

if you just don't let it be, now you've
stopped, your eyes lock into mine with
a strange tempting look

an' you feel a slow pain rise, it shows
in your eyes, I read in it your thoughts
I know what you've got

a slow pain's penetrating your...
heart

(c) JR. Ninetees

Where trails don't match

we trail along saying nothing at all
a Sunday afternoon in a forest wide
yet small

where silence sets the pace not

a birds call, our trails don't match

at all

we live different lives, we have

different styles, we don't talk with

thoughts being, hers or mine

our trails don't match, we don't care

for love, we only met, no more than

that

it is not in us to love, we don't have 

much, not the touch, we're strangers

we only met

we'll be like that ev'ry day that comes

to pass, 'cause our trails don't match

no sound ever the same

no thoughts alike, we're just partners

in somethin' we both like, a dance 

routine

strings us together, makes us cling

for a while, it don't last, 'cause our

trails don't match

(c) JR. Ninetees

Checkin' out

standin' in the road alone I see
trains passin' by, one by one
I don't know

which way to go, I'm sad an' out
of controll, I must make some effort
to pull myself together

a faint smell's in the air, must be
the turn of the weather, I'll take
my chances whatever

I lost too much of my life, It's shaken
up, startin' to slide, decisions are to be
taken now


somethin' died in me today, I must
take it lying down, last train at the
station

It'll take no explanation, it's takin'
me into the future I don't know
much about

train's leavin', I'm checkin out !

(c) JR Ninetees

Freshness of yesterday

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

in a field where the only noise's is
buzzin' bees, takin'it home as I do
when I'm with her alone

in these woods, the field knows it's
bein' used, it doesn't mind it comes
to bloom

takin' me an' Sally far away into 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 summerdays in their prime
where nothin' was lost

with so much to give, little did we take
it didn't break the freshness of our
yesterday

                                                            (c) JR. 80 -tees photo JR.

Madonna, waar blijft de tijd

Jonkheid

en ja, ik zie haar en haar lach schittert
voor mijn ogen haar heupen nodigen
mij sensueel, wiegend in de wind uit

om naderbij te komen, ik kan er niet aan
ontkomen en geef toe, mijn knipoog naar
haar, is de bevestiging waar zij om vraagt

en ik, ik laat mij omarmen door de verlokkingen
van deze jonkheid en haar schoonheid, die wil dat
ik haar bemin

in die onverzadigde, warme ruimte van haar dromen,
waar onze intense verlangens samenkomen, pluk ik
haar schoonheid en...de dag

en ga daarna weer verder met een glimlach om
de lippen en nog steeds denk ik aan haar...dat
klavertje vier

aan haar geluk, haar schoonheid die zij deinend
in de wind, keer op keer met mij viert en steeds
weer hoor ik dan die schittering in haar lach


(c) JR. 2018

So tender so cruel

as the dream of my youth, where I found love
so real, yet never knew, is fadin', it leads me into
a new mornin'

where my heart's achin' as I'm wakin', bringin' me
back the only realty it ever knew, somethin' there
in my mind

chose to be tender, yet so cruel, as it brought  up
all my yesterdays with you, where I was full of
the tenderness and love

the ones, you never knew of, it then comes to my mind,
how tender, yet so cruel, a dream can be when it is
overruled by all those yesterdays

in an attempt to please, but leaves you behind in its
wake, so tender, so cruel, an dreams, ...
do they ever come true

(c) JR. 2018

'POOR-city'

Poor-city has poor people no
haystack, no needle, Poor-city
only fot the needy

from all over the land, 'the poor'
come to a city in the sand, city
without a name

crowded in the shade, crowded
in the park, city without any larcs
where wooden birds

are carved, city without any tears
any fears, any faith, any shame, any
aim

where pride has no place, POOR-city
has only one kind, poorest people alive
where stealin'

is a way of life, with nothin' rich in
this life, this city is a 'POOR-sight'
at night

Come to a rest

I have to live this life one thing
I must do, I don't why, somethin'
you get born into

I feel like floatin' down a stream
don't know where it leads me I just
can't see

it's like a dream floatin' in
different directions, all of them
new

it's all a surprise what I find
it's called life, it's a sunrise a
new dawn

I'm floatin' down a stream can't
see it comin' to an end, somewhere
somehow

I believe, there's a place, where I'll
stay, an... come to a rest

(c) JR. 2018

Shadow of our desire

she's lyin' there, lyin' in wait
her seductive smile passin' behind
the darkness of her eyes

and her moist an' tender lips are
waitin', to unleash her passion on
my mind

as I know she will, as I am waitin'
stirrin' my fire with her emotion,
showin' me the flesh

of her history inside my time and her life,
where we are waitin' playin' an' teasin'
as she's pleadin'

closin' in as slowly as she can into
somethin' we both know all too well
yet it has to be played

along the lines of that shadow of desire,
that had remained when we first met and
only time

can reveal or tell, how long we will play
this game, how long we will go on, it will
be untill

our history is satisfied and has nothin' more
to burn then it will become the lie of our
thruth

cast aside, by the shadow of our desire
when... it fell

(c) JR. 2018

'Voor wat het is'

'voor wat  het is' en dat is soms al het is,
leven door geven, leven laten passeren en...
zonder jouw stof, doen voort leven

het is zoals men zegt: ' de zin van het leven'
die ultieme vorm van dankbaarheid, die alleen
het leven geven kan geven

maar soms passeert het gaat er iets mis,
op die tocht, gaat het aan je voorbij, blijf
je achter in die stof niet jouw stof

van onvoorziene haat en nijd, die onvermijdbaar
hangen blijft, het is die liefde, die liefde voor het
leven uit jouw leven

dat aan je ontvliedt, aan je ontstijgt, je laat
'voor wat het is', maar jouw liefde voor de liefde
uit jouw leven is

'voor wat het is', iets dat niet aan jou ontstijgt,
omdat liefde iets universeels is en iets niet
laat..'voor wat het is'

(c) JR. 2018

Dark glasses

when I slide 

my dark glasses on
in my bright lit room

everything

seems to change 

into 

a warm old
friendly brown

there are many 

shades of light 

mine
to be shade of twilight 

when I leave
my bright lit surroundings

I return to

that old friendly 

brown world,
and running 

like a mad dog

I slide them on
those dark brown 

shades

they will take me 

into that new world
where music

women an' wine 

are 

the benefitting trade

stay there a while 

if you like 

enjoy it to the most 

if you know how 

make
yourself at home

stay awake 

in the midst of night 

hear
the sound of laughter 

caress the walls
of 

your surroundings

your the talk

of the town 

many faces
wear a frown 

of what you might 

be doing
in the little hours 

of the tranquil night

you're invited to take 

a deeper insight
they all  wear 

the same glasses 

they're all hear 

for a good time

they don't expect you 

to go 

before daylight 

so sing a little, talk a little
kiss a little

and do take 

your time 

in the zone 

of twilight 

and when you go home 

take of the shades

it'll take you back 

to the room you
came from

it'll take you back 

to
your reality again

(c) JR. 2018

Words

not a word will I breathe
to another, not a moment
will I be a bother

not a moment will I speak
before my turn, 'cause there's
so much grief in this world

so I'll keep my big mouth
shut, words that leave my
lips, must be a support

to others, never a bother to
my brothers never spill grief
onto my love

'cause she's more precious
than a gem found in a cave
for she's never late

to tell me why she's my mate
and kisses me in the shades she
will not breathe

a word to another of the truth
we've discovered, she wil not
talk about

the experience, the gem, we
found in our hearts, it will
allways shine

play its part, that's why I don't
speak words that maime or kill
that's why

I don''t speak words, that will
impose my will, that's why I don't
speak words

that will lead into deceit, that's
why I don't speak words that
will leave you beat

(c) JR.  1990