Time the wilderness

 

where are we

we are away from the distance we travelled in

and yes, we have reached our place of choosing

and yes, something is wrong...our future...its gone

we are stuck in the middle of time

and time, as always, has a mind of its own

it won't move, it won't move aside

so...do we know where to go

is it out there will we recognise it

when we come to that wilderness, time is

where our future lies, will we know

and yes, again we are on the road

walking through time

walking along its guiding light

we are out there with a purpose

we are out there with a goal

we are walking the road

where our fame and glory is waiting

but will it be our future when we reach it

will it be waiting

(c) JR. 2021

Road of my misfortune

as I'm walking down, this road of my misfortune
where I lost that touch, where my heart once was
I ask myself, 'when will my future decide, to take
a hold of me again', as it did so many times before

as I know it will, as it always does, easing my pain
caressing my soul, soothing my weary mind, stroking
my hair against the winds of time, on this road of my
misfortune

and yes, the times they will be better, my eyes will
shine that new born light and my laugh will clear
the sky, yes, my happiness will strike me again

(c) JR. 2019

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

Perfection

if there's a yesterday

I'd make my mistakes 

my failures yesterday

lead a perfect life today 

all the time

a perfect future ahead 

a perfect job I'd have

perfect children I'd get

always a correct act 

no wrong word said

acting always in line 

no mistake is mine

not one's mine

perfection is my wall 

the wall I have to climb

just to make a mistake 

a mistake that's all mine

'cause perfection can kill 

kill the soul within

a life that doesn't live 

is one that doesn't excist

is one with nothing to give

(c) JR. ninetees

As my soul weeps

and yes, he was my father
in ev'ry sense of the word
I his promise to the world
he meant to keep

and when I fell in the face
of my future he raised me
up unto my feet so I could
live the life meant to be

and when he fell I raised
him up as well as I could
but in the end his life was
no longer meant to be

and yes, his souls's still
in me the one I couldn't
keep sometimes I can hear
him speak as my soul weeps

(c) JR. 2018

Here to stay

don't know what the future brings
I will go by the wind let myself free
the way it pleases me

don't care what people think
life will be my drink, here's a toast
to that new road

I will only go for the best
to hell with the rest, now's when
I live, love an' kiss

beware, take care I'm on my way
I'm here to stay


(c) JR. 1985