Courage is grace
Grace under pressure
I saw it written
In a florist's book
As I walk down the street
I see my old friend
He greets me cheerfully
And somehow he laughs
He's going to be fired
After thirty odd years
Grace under pressure
Grace under pressure
Each day I rotate
And I spin and I turn
How can I create?
Can I create?
I need to give more
Be more, learn more
Turn my old heart
Inside out
Get what's within me
Onto the outside
I can’t hold it in
I have to release
No matter how ugly
Life's not always pretty
Sometimes it's sick
Unhappy, unholy
But that’s what it is
That's just what it is
I will wonder aloud
How to use my power
In which direction
To focus my strength
To be as I am
Just as I am
And pass days with dignity
One then another.
The Dragon Blood tree
On the isle of Socotra
Stands tall and quiet
Uncomplainingly
The Dragon Blood tree
Shows grace under pressure
It lives as it should
Courageously
Jun 8, 2016
Jun 8, 2016 at 4:20 PM UTC
Courage is grace
Grace under pressure
I saw it written
In a florist's book
As I walk down the street
I see my old friend
He greets me cheerfully
And somehow he laughs
He's going to be fired
After thirty odd years
Grace under pressure
Grace under pressure
Each day I rotate
And I spin and I turn
How can I create?
Can I create?
I need to give more
Be more, learn more
Turn my old heart
Inside out
Get what's within me
Onto the outside
I can’t hold it in
I have to release
No matter how ugly
Life's not always pretty
Sometimes it's sick
Unhappy, unholy
But that’s what it is
That's just what it is
I will wonder aloud
How to use my power
In which direction
To focus my strength
To be as I am
Just as I am
And pass days with dignity
One then another.
The Dragon Blood tree
On the isle of Socotra
Stands tall and quiet
Uncomplainingly
The Dragon Blood tree
Shows grace under pressure
It lives as it should
Courageously
8th June 2016
