Don't tear me down

where is all the love
does it lie in the past
tell me you once cared
tell me once you shared

don't tear me down
leave something for me
bring me back my dawn
leave some future in me

you wanted to dance
you had your chance
you didn't take it
you just wanted to dance

so don't tear me down
leave this sad ol' house
leave me in one piece
leave me the air I breathe

leavin' doesn't mean
you've put out the light
a flame might falter but
never ceases to shine

(c) JR. eightees

A fairytale

once upon a time there were
those happy people who cared
for each other

for their values and rules that
were fair, they lived the good
life

where the young took care of
the old and the old shared the
knowledge of life they had

now a change had come to them
where the old were just old and
the young they didn't care

and yet didn't see or did see but
this change had come to be
complete

still thinkin' it was the best they
had its foundation crumpled and
left them livin' the lie

of a fairytale, livin' the life of
something that was no longer
there

actually this fairytale it has no
happy end their civilization
it died overnight

sadly there is no one left to
know it was even ...there !


(c) JR. 2018