A new road

 when there's nothing left

and all your clouds come together

with the problems they bear

many as they are

brought on by all those wrong turns

in your life

waiting to be cast away

with all their sadness inside

a promise of a new tomorrow is waiting

where time will try to fit you in

at this stage in your life

as now you're walking  another road

with a changed mind

(c) JR. 2020

Shaken

 when there's nothing to see or hear

when all your clouds come together

they will stay

pouring out their  rain on all the misfortune you bear

and they are many

hanging on while you live your life

waiting to be shaken, folded and put away

as one angry moment in time

and all those clouds will drift away 

but your anger

will not, it will not fade

people say,: that anger should be put away

in the graveyard of your mind

and time

time will find a way to ease your aching mind

but be aware, it will always try to shake

and break away from

its shackles and rise up to haunt you again

so let your sanity come inside, it will strenghten

your weary soul and keep your mind open to an attack

of any kind and your counter attack will always be formidable

each and ev'rytime

as you learn to deal with it trying to survive

(c) JR. 2020

A house with many rooms

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

it's bits and pieces
and I don't see what I like
been making some wrong turns
those doors are closing in my face
got to open them up again

and 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

I seem to have lost the key
a world has turned me out
gonna build a new one
those doors will open loud

and the house it will be standing
as it always did with closed doors
they will open up once more
with the many rooms
with all the memories

so let me live my life
I've lived hard and long
it will pass
and I'll walk along

(c) JR. eightees-ninetees

Lost in a smile

an' I see her comin' with a smile
on her face a laugh in her eyes
and I, I was lost inside

so when she left I was lost, lost
in a smile I knew never would be
mine now it's been many years
an' ev'ry mornin'

standin' on the porch I see her
comin'  hear her laugh in the wind
see that smile on her face

stoppin' right in front of me lookin'
at me with her famous laugh an' smile
sayin' to me

'I've come to see you again' and
she sees me smile but that's just
me dreamin'

starin' into the distance lookin'
for something that will not be
an' ev'ry mornin'

I see her comin' hear her laugh
see that smile upon her face and
yes I know I'm only dreamin' lost
in a smile

(c) JR. 2019

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