Courage Lyrics - New Model Army

We walk every morning in silence 

Past the mills on Whetley Lane 

Where the lights went out for the very last time 

And they never came on again 

The spokesman all shred crocodiles tears 

In the glory of the News at Ten 

But the proudest eyes are long since dry 

And they're never going to cry again 

Dear Friend, I salute your courage and I toast to your health 

And I wish you all the luck in the whole wide world 

May you never be broken like they say you will 

Waking up sudden from a nightmare - you were walking the line in pain 

With a shaven head to the slaughterhouse and you never came back again 

But she took me in her arms and she held me 

Close tight for a minute or two 

And we laughed and smiled and closed our eyes 

Slept again thinking of you 

And the way that it is, the way that it really is 

With the money talking and a scapegoat lover 

With the painted face of a scolding mother 

And I salute your courage and I toast to your health 

And I wish you all the luck in the whole wide world 

May you never be broken like they say you will be 

Now lost in time, cut off from history 

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