Love's the name

sometimes
it can be found a moment away
into the distance where a new morning
is waiting, 'cause it likes to play
this ancient game and love's the name

where it is a search into time as nothing is certain
and nothing else remains but the riscs you have to try
in comes that moment of love as it is ready for the taking
and then again sometimes it just won't come out to play

(c) JR. 2020

White powder

knowing you
is letting you down, 'cause
you don't wear a crown

I always go for the first price
and that's no lie, if I reach that
I'll lift you beside me

don't make waves it's just
how the game is played
I'll be a king, you a queen
we will cover the whole scene

from New York to Abilene
the white powder is a test
if you're strong enough to
take the rest

it's not addictive as they say
more like a game, a game to
get used to

yes, king and queen we are
we reign, we play with the
white powder game

it's not addictive, not at all
just you play that's all, and
to play, you must pay afterall

like any game you play
the stakes are high, so are
the costs, stay with it you can't
kick it

it's not addictive so they say
going to the edge is a long stretch
stay with it babe, don't give up
the chase

go all the way to paradise
stay with it babe and you'll
be allright

allright 'till daylight
stay with it babe, stay
with the chase

(c) JR. eightees

Winning

it's not like me to lose
I'm a natural winner
in ev'ry game
I know
how it's played
I know how it's done
you'll never have me
on the run
I mastered ev'ry trick
leavin' me the kick
of beatin' you
at ev'ry bit

I have
a ferocious appetite
it never is enough
I'l go into the depths
of my thoughts
spend all my resources
to win that last resort
a natural winner I am
something I will always be
it's a feelin' in me

a loser doesn't win
a loser has nothing
a loser only plays
and loses again

losing is a trade
losing is a skill
losing is a thrill
losing is a craft
learning ev'ry game
memorising ev'ry word

not for me
I am a natural winner
a thing anybody can see
winning is a habit to me

(c) JR. eightees

Empty

empty is how I feel
empty is where it hurts
can feel the pain
when I see her again
going through that door

just don't seem to take it
as well as I did before
my armour is showing fatigue
my strenght is getting weak
a battle has not yet been won

I must hold on as long as I can
take it for another run
and I'm feelin' empty

tired of playin' that same old game
over and over again
but I nmust go on see the setting
of yet another sun

it will be many days and nights
'till again she will arrive
and she knows I'll be waiting
like all those years before

she'll stay laugh and play
'till emptiness hits back
when she has left
with it dies my laugh

I just don't seem to take it
as well as I did before
how long must this go on
'till I can settle the score

(c) JR.  eightees

Damaged goods

rollin' with the punches
larger than life itself
knowin' where to fall

as...

nothin' would be the same
'cause time is not a game
life's not a game to play

the minute I fell I knew
I was 'damaged goods'
an' time sounded my bell


(c) JR. 2018

Winning

It's not like me to lose
I'm a natural winner
in ev'ry game I know
now its done
you'll never have me
on the run

mastered ev'ry trick
leaving me the kick
of beating you
at ev'ry bit

I have a ferocious appetite
It never is enough
I'll go into the depths
of my thoughts

spend all my resources
to win that last resort
a natural winner I am
something I'll always be

it's a feeling in me
a loser doesn't win
a loser only plays
and loses again

losing is a trade
losing is a skill
losing is a thrill
losing is a craft

learning ev'ry game
memorising ev'ry word
always last is not for me
I'm a natural winner
winning comes easy to me

(c) JR.