Driftin'

not knowing where I'm going
not knowing where I'll be is the road
I don't see unwinding ahead of me

and I'm counting the people
as I'm going by not knowing
where they're  going
no name comes to my mind

and I'm drifting as I always do
to the end of this road
where no one is waiting for me
or maybe they're just the ones
I don't recognise or see
as I'm drifting by to the end
of a new road into my life

(c) JR. 2020

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

Thunder, the sound

when happiness is the pain you're feelin'
and tears the road you're travellin'
somethin's gone wrong

when thunder's the sound you're hearin', and
skies over head, turn into that pale colour of
grey, somethin's gone wrong

since you went away, thunder's been rollin'
skies have been closin' in, turnin' into that
sad sound of rain

and life...messes with me all day...

she knows

(c) JR. 2019

She knows

when happiness is the pain you're feelin'
and tears the road you're travellin'
somethin's gone wrong

when thunder is the sound you're hearing
and skies over head turn into that pale colour of grey
somethin's gone wrong

since she went away, thunder's been rollin'
skies have been closin' up' turnin' into that
sad sound of rain

and life, messes with me all day...

she knows


(c) JR. 2019

Just another room

I'm travellin' down the road

sellin' my stuff wherever I go

I'm good at it somethin' I do well

takes me to remote places 

sometimes that little out of the way

still I enjoy it at the end of the road

just another room where I stay

the same girl with the same smile

the same innocent eyes asks:' will I stay

all night ' yes, it is I know what to expect

when I go up she's lying in my bed in 

just another room a new mornin' arrives 

she's gone happens all the time

I pay my bill hoot my horn leave

the place another day on the road

another day of what I do well

in the end just another room
where I rest well

                                                                       (c) JR. 2016

A thousand pains

over the road of darkness
travel those denied the light
spirits chained to a history
be it just or not

all have a tale to tell
how it came about in
the pit they fell where
only silence reigns

cries are muffled souls
are maimed where cold
flames house evil ways

yet do not burn flesh away
but still leave a thousand
pains

(c) JR. 2014

A place to live

I can still hear that violin play
it was across the road in the inn's
attick it stayed had a lonely sound
the cry of a lost hound

it stuck with me for a long time actually
for more than a while, I travelled along
on a road more than long

'till at the end of the line I reached my
home town with all the pines where patiently
waited my bride

at my wedding night it played  for me
for the last time it was never heard of
again only when my first child came

its tune now a happy one it played at the
beginng of dawn shimmering lights wandered
across the fields after that the violin's tune ceased
to be

now an' then I try to whistle it again how much
I wish, it doesn't come to me again it must
have as I did found its place to live


(c) JR. 2015

Blessed

I found her by the side of the road waitin',
givin' me the eye wondering what life with
or without me would be like, she then offered
me her lips offered me her soul with...a promise
inside

now she's my heaven, its angel eyes leavin' me no
other option but to smile, an' yes I've been around
for many a while doin' things even angel eyes wouldn't
like but when I met her a change came overnight

an' now I'm wondering why I'm so blessed with this
woman offering me her lips  offering me her soul, as
did I, an' yes she's my heaven, its angel eyes, I found
her waitin' for me, wondering what life with or without
me would be like


(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

Club of 27, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Hendrix, Janis Joplin

Vieuwing 'The Doors'



an' sometimes evil will come to your 'Door'
sometimes it will stop, sometimes it comes in
an' if you're strong enough, sometimes you win

'Evil' will drop, come to its knee an' leave

sometimes, loneliness embarks onto its road
of freedom, sometimes it makes one weep for
a soul lost in its peace


(c) JR. 2018

Roads

embarkin'  on the road
startin' life feelin' insecure
feelin' fright a choice has
to be made which one will
I take

it's only a feelin' it will
lead you to what's to be
will it be happiness or
grief

different roads there none
are easy none very pleasin'
none can predict what it will
be sorrow or disbelieve

different shades fill your life
some shine some troubled wine
it's all there on the road ahead

a brew started  when you came
ready for your step in time take
the rest as you fly

sail amongst the rocks avoid them
when you dock go down that road
not in vain make it worth your while
make it pay


(c) JR.

Just another room

I'm travellin' down the road
sellin' my stuff wherever I go
I'm good at it somethin' I do well
takes me to remote places sometimes
that little out of the way

still I enjoy it, at the end of the road
just another room where I stay the
same girl with the same innocent eyes
asks me ' will I stay all night' yes it is

I know what to expect when I go up
she's lyin' in my bed in just another room
a new morning arrives she's gone happens
all the time, I pay my bill hoot my horn

leave the place another day on the road
another day of what I do well in the end
just another room where I rest well


(c) JR.

Side of the road

I'm standin' here at the side of the road
with people passin' by leavin' their cares
and worries here... at the side of the road

where I'm standin' , with a weary, worried
and troubled mind, with its emptiness
its loneliness  here... at the side of the road

and they pass me by, with their happy faces
smilin' goin' to their happy places and
they  leave me their blues here...
at the side of the road

where I'm  standin' with my weary, worried
and troubled mind and I know it will be some
time before I will travel yet...
another mile



(c) JR 2018