Empty

empty is how I feel
empty 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 feeling empty
tired of playing that same old game
over and over again
but I must go on
see the setting of yet another sun
it will be many days and nights
'till again she will arive

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

Stones

powerfull, powerfull stones
precious, wonderfull stones
no strenght can ever match
showing their light instead

stones are my delight
cleansing my soul inside
soothing my weary mind
guaranteed is my life
so strong I'll survive
greatness never does die

stones to keep me company
stones that will support
stones won't get me lost
stones stay close to me
stones to keep me company

they'll always be there
they'll always take care
always share their [ower
stay with me ev'ry hour
ev'ry night into the day
stones will never go away

(c) JR. eightees

Wrongs of life

Has anybody asked me about the pain that has been
has anybody asked me about the troubles I've seen
has anybody felt the wrongs life sometimes breaths
would it have been different if strenght had not been

would it have forsaken me had my armour been pierced
it would have had it not been, so if you ask me how it was
it was huge it was that wrong of life nobody wants to see
it was one of those dreams only meant for me to dream

an' yes, I dream ev'ry second, ev'ry minute, ev'ry hour
ev'ry breath I inhale, ev'ry drop of water I waste away
an' ev'ry day I hope I can make through to another day
an' ev'ry day grants me a moment thakin' life again

so if you ask me how was life today I stare in anger
is he jokin' is he sane has he seen the wrongs of life
does he know what it is like when it wrongs you again
he doesn't dream 'cause life has not wronged him today

an' yes I dream ev'ry hour ev'ry day ev'ry breath I inhale
an' yes I dream ev'ry hour ev'ry day ev'ry breath I inhale
an' yes I dream, I dream, dream an' dream

(c)  JR. 2018

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

Just the feelin'

there are no words, you're one of a kind
one above questioning, there you were
givin' hope, strenght and dignity when
it was needed

you were a rock to depend on, a listener
a counciler, my lover and friend, my friend
without helping it happened

I still wonder how it did, would it be friend
I could have no better, still I value your qualities
I treasure your love , kindness

it wasn't waisted, I'm gratefull for the time you
spend on me, but things are as they are, feelings
change I wish they hadn't

had to admit they did, I changed a mistery to me
all I needed you had, just the feelin' lacked

(c) JR. 2013

Tobacco road

Midsummer, Sunday afternoon
sun's high up in the sky at the
sweat of the day

fields o' green dominate the vieuw
there's a humm a song rises up someone
starts to sing about the only freedom he
has

the freedom within, it's a religious song
a powerfull song, a bearer of strenght
others pick up on it start fallin' in

it sings about all the lost yesterdays
an' their tomorrows, as it finds its way
down Tobacco road

where the blues never end


(c) JR.  2017