Live and tell

all I wanted, were precious things
to put in my house, but they were
beyond my reach, beyond my dreams
beyond my means, beyond the style I
wanna live

now older, more mature, I now can buy
it is in my reach, now I find they're not
the things I need, through time I was
given things worth more than, style, house
way of life

can now enjoy a good wine, conversation
someones pleasant nature, well meant compliments
an evening well spent, the company of a well
spoken woman

live with her the good life, even if it means
living out of style, as long as the rent is paid
as long as the food is there to take,

I don't feel out of place, I feel I still did well
to live and tell

(c) JR.

A Silence

all I wanted was to think come
to terms with my surroundings
where

I didn't find a will to listen to
the silence I bear, a silence is
in me

keeps me out of touch, out of
reach, guarding my secrets a
silence is in me

so I struggle on, fighting
contradiction in a process of
regaining

a balance in my soul, I need
'cause a silence is in me regaining
my security

is all I need to get by, this silence
will leave me in its retreat, free, on
the mend

I'll step into life again, a silence is
in me, keeps me out of touch out of
reach

it will always leave, a silence is in
me

(c) JR. lyrics eightees