Quick Courage

Whilst going through some old songs and lyrics I found this one, 'Quick Courage' and recorded it. I think I wrote it when I was about 18 or something.

Quick Courage by Zygmunt Day

Here are the lyrics:

You had that quick courage

Your schoolyard grin and your tender heart

I used to wish for courage

I used to wish I could play my part

And our voices clearly rang through the avenue

Where charm-placed footsteps ran

You had that quick courage through it all

You had that quick courage

Your eyes turn grave when the troubles start

You had to fight the knowledge

To be brave in your sceptic heart

And the days grew long and old, in the avenue

Soft-amber streetlights swam

Singing love songs in the cold, all out of tune

Soft words came out of the cans,

When I looked up to your eyes, so invincible,

Inscrutable and sore,

You had that quick courage through it all

You had that quick courage

The schoolyard smile I thought would never bow

Your parents broke their promise

Your parents broke their vow

And your fists went flurrying up down the avenue

Torn skin and broken glass

Yeah your fists went flurrying up, scraping all the walls

Knuckles red and scarred

And when you were fighting yourself in the avenue

The world was still going past

You had that quick knowledge, raw wounds

You had that long redress, home looms,

You had that greyscale shift, towards the truce,

You had that quick courage through it all