Courage

Song Courage
Artist Todd Rundgren
Album Arena

Lyrics

It's good to be the king,
I've heard it said
That's why
I let you put a crown on my head
Hoping that
I'll never be forced to fake
Actions that
I'll never have to take
I let you think
I was a better man
With pretty words about how true
I am Humbly pretending to be brave and strong
Inside I'm wondering, what if
I'm wrong?
Every once in a while you'll see
Things are not what they seem to be
Like the moment you saw through me
Ah, but when push comes to shove
I had lost the thing
I love When
I lost the courage of my convictions (Courage of my convictions)
I never let you see my doubting side
I've always felt there's things you can't confide
I need to be what
I need to be
However artificially
And now I haven't got a thing to show
For all the posing and the bravado
You tested me and
I had to fail
No longer am
I a super male
I was proud and
I had to fall
Now my image has grown so small
And to think that
I had it all
Ah, but when push came to shove
I had lost the thing
I love When
I lost the courage of my convictions (Courage of my convictions)
And I live in constant fear
That I'll never have you here
Til I find the courage of my convictions (Courage of my convictions)
Ah, but when push comes to shove
I will have the thing
I love If
I have the courage of my convictions (Courage of my convictions)
And your heart
I would enslave
And this whole world
I would save
If I have the courage of my convictions (Courage of my convictions)