There was thunder

a woman can kill with so much

as a breath of love

a woman can kill with a look

love with an embrace and cry in the shade

a woman can kill with so much

as a gentle touch

feel the coldness of her charm

see that chill in her eyes

the hate when she smiles

still she speaks of love

which she promised

but easily forgot

whatever the reason took her love

it wasn't completely lost

like a disease some of it never leaves

a faint feeling remains disturbing in fact

'cause it doesn't rest

always a stir a movement is there

she knows it all too well it leaves her in despair

'cause strong the hate it's done in passion

'Love' its name

she came in for the kill yet loved so deeply

and couldn't afford it her strengt weakening

close to total surrender, there was 'Thunder'

(c) JR. long ago 1982

Still alive

today I was stunned
you dazed my mind
opened my eyes

afraid to take it
afraid it was not true
caught in my emotions

still there, still alive
cpuld you be the woman
I looked out to

it will be time
giving me the answer

(c) JR. 2019

Our share

Saturdaynight, what the hell does it pay
I'm all boozed up, ready to roll, I'm getting
a little out of control, there's a woman here

an answer to my dreams, I'd hate to let her go
she's one piece of show, I'm really enjoying
this day in the shade, ready to go, to roll

darlin' lets go, she's kickin her heels high
man, she's all but smiles, ready to give her
body an' soul, com'on let's roll lets roll

so me an' my dame we call it a day we're
ready to hit the sack an' all that jazz she's
some girl, right in all places

don't think ever seen one that drove me crazy
I'm tellin' ye she's all but a dream, she's not
jealous, but tender an' sweet

she gives all there is to give, lifts me from
the ground with a sweet asuring kiss, not a
thing did we miss, It was all there

an' the both of us took our share

(c) JR.  eighteees

Leavin' is all I do

leavin'' on the Midnight train
not knowin where I'm going to
I say goodbye to all the yesterdays
because my tomorrows never do

an' I'm tavellin' light
as I always do when I'm leavin'
leavin'  a woman in a past now
gone dusty an' grey

I'm on my way I look ahead into
the distance of a new tomorow as
I allways do when I'm leavin' 'cause
leavin' yes leavin' is all I do

and I'm leavin'on the Midnight train
not knowin' where I'm goin' to I say
goodbye to all my yesterdays 'cause
that's what yesterdays allways do

an I'm travellin' on into my new tomorrow
where I'll meet my yesterday again as I'm
leavin on the Midnight train leavin' my woman
leavin' her my yesterday...

 'cause leavin' is all I ever do

(c) JR. 2016

A pain I can bear

she was one great woman
never said she'd leave kept
me satisfied in love with so
little I was pleased

now she's gone away feelin'
out of touch out of place never
broke the peace yet she never
left me

I decided to call it a day used
me as a puppet with whom she
would play a toy thrown into
its shade

I'm stuck with my love thought
she wouldn't leave my heart misses
its beat yet it won't bring her back
to me

so I'm sittin' here with a wasted life
with a pain I can bear it'll heal in time
packin' my suitcases

haven't got much left collecting
all my things don't think I'll be
back

(c)  JR. 2018

There was thunder

a woman can kill
with so much
as a breath of love

a woman can kill
with a look
love with an embrace

cry in the shade
a woman can kill
with so much

as a gentle touch
feel the coldness
of her arms
see the chill in her eyes

the hate when she smiles
still she speaks of love
wich she promissed
but easily forgot

whatever the reason
took her love
it wasn't completely lost
like a disease some of it

never leaves
a faint feelin' remains
disturbin' in fact
'cause it doesn't rest

always a stir
a movement is there
she knows it all too well
it leaves her in despair

'cause strong the hate
it's done in passion
love its name

she came in for the kill
loved so deeply
couldn't afford it

her strenght weakening
close to totall surrender
there was thunder


(c) JR.  2018

Scent of a woman

just two people passin' by in a lonely room
full of happy people, she was leavin' with
a smile

a scent of a woman lookin' for somethin'
she just couldn't find and I saw her go off
into her dark cloak of the night

wondering, would I have stopped, would
I have paid attention to that faint scent of
a woman

so close, so near waitin' for me to take her
away into the still of this night, would she
then not have passed me by

I failed, I wasn't prepared we were just
passers by

(c) JR. 2018

Statements

it doesn't touch
it can be tough
it can hit hard
the hand of a woman

kickin' dust is my life
I sleep in it I weep in it
'till it's mud for a while

kate, hell of a lady
took me down memorylane
took me into the past
there were children
a house, rent
she just didn't see
it my way
I left


not an empty head in the room
they were so intelligenr, they
weren't all born with a broom

she's like a leather bag
full of skin and a lot of class

she's like a paperbag
full of air and nothingness


a whisper's in the air
going through the galleries
keeps hangin' there

sometimes walls do hear
and carry it through to
the house most near

a whisper in the galleries
has destroyed many fears


I have no tears
for eyes that see
yet are blind

I laid my hand on the tombstone
as I had done so many times
out came a cry you spoke to me
from beyond the skies

ev'ry conversation a battlefield
ev'ry word a sword into the heart
how can you expect any love

wees nog één keer onstuimig
zeg nog één keer
het is te gek geweest
wat je vind is iets
wat je altijd al bent geweest

'Lost in disbelieve'

I wouldn't know
I didn't believe
you were happening to me
yet I saw
I was led like a horse
with no destination

I was lost
lost in disbelieve
this was happening to me
what began so sincere
was merely a fairy tale
you were happening to me

it shouldn't be it never was
what it showed to my eyes
I had it made you made it
a lie

(c) JR.

should I let it come to me
it came in a flash
for an instant I was happy
for an instant I was there

I tasted it it was sweet
with a sour taste I knew
it couldn't be real


'Hot Summer Love'

those hot days of sumer
they're here again and I'm walking
trying to catch the shade
where I know you'll be lying
waiting impatiently

one always is
Hot summer love
waiting to be caught
at the right moment
at the right time

in the right place
passion in the shade
will it stay
don't think it will
'hot summer love'
a thrill

(c) JR.

my soul is dying
my heart does not know


she's in doubt
doesn't know what to choose
happiness, a home,
but freedom too

it isn't for me
to shed some light
in this chaos going on
in her mind

not for me to decide
if she'll have me by her side
she's in doubt, so am I
if we'll ever be

a chance of a lifetime
nobody's there to make us care

(c) JR.


'LINES'

your still the girl
I took home
twenty years ago
I wouldn't have missed a day
for the bad times, sad times
good times

we sailed along
arrived safe in
this day and age
with an experience
no one can take
still the same
still together
with you

something strikes me
I've seen it coming
showing some lines
don't care a dime
I see beauty
surround your eyes
nothing can take away
your soft embrace

(c) JR