Pieces

waitin' at the threshold of time
as life leaves us lookin' out over
a field where a late season dies

my life is as that season, lookin'
over its shoulder, lookin' at what
it leaves behind maybe with some
of those lost pieces it just can't find

sometimes you're collecting those
pieces remains of what once was
until they al come together as it was

I spend a lifetime collecting those pieces
and they almost have come together still
a couple are left, I myself am the last piece
to collect

that's what life is collecting pieces
until they all come together at a window
in time giving us a chance to see what lies
ahead on the other side

(c) JR. 2019

Your smile

timeless it seems

I hear your voice 

comin' through

 cryin' its pain

an' yes, 

I can hear it when

you're lookin' for shelter 

in a dark cloud when there's 

none to find

an' I know where you are

somewhere waitin' for me

with those cries

and I'll hunt them down 

set you free 'cause 

I wanna make you smile 

givin' you shelter peace o' mind

and you, you'll give me your smile

(c) JR. 

My share

it's tearing at me 

a lot of hurt inside

all the love I miss 

sensation you find

I don't have much 

not much to give

just the life I live 

it ain't much

it's all I got

it takes time 

I calm down 

take my drink

down it 

love I just can't find 

out there
somewhere in a nowhere

somethin's got to give

somethin's got to excist 

somethin's got to be 

way down deep

it takes time to find 

but it's out  there somewhere 

my soul's searchin' there 

searchin' for my share 

(c) JR. 1985

A valid reason

walkin' down the streets of my youth
lookin' here an' there  and ev'rywhere
tryin' to find something old not new

laughter an' pain come to my mind
yesterday's not always a good thing
to look for an' find

'cause your pain might be waitin' there
an' might have become more than you'd
ever thought you'd find

so does this quest of mine, does it have
a valid reason to continue or should I just
let it be an' get on with life

I think if I saw reason an' I do, it's time
to quit while I'm ahead an' let others decide
if they have it in them

to see reason an' then if they do reach out
for you, thing's they might not be in time
the offer might have been withdrawn

by somethin' so futile an' unreasonable...
as time

(c) JR. 2018

Even though they're bad

in a house with many rooms all
with a part of my life, I'm dustin'
them one by one see what I find

it's bits an' pieces an' I don't see
what I like, been makin' some
wrong turns, those doors are
closin' in my face

got to open ém up again, an' I
can't let go of those memories
they're so much a part of me

even though they're bad they're
all I ever had, seem to have lost
the key

a world has turned me out gonna
build me a new one, those doors
will open, cryin' out loud

'cause I can't let go of those memories
they're so much a part of me, even though
they're bad they're all I ever had

and the house will be standin' as
it always did with the closed doors
with the many rooms,

with all the memories, it will open up
once more, 'cause I can't let go of those
memories,

they're so much a part of me, even though
they're bad they're all I ever had, so let me
live my life

I've lived hard an' long, it'll pass an'
I will walk along

(c) JR. Eightees songtekst