Joy Zimmerman

Lyrics

Courage Walks Alongside
Words & Music by Joy Zimmerman

Full of grit a girl steps to home plate
Dreading silence, each pitch sails by her face
She swings and swings, tries again, catching only wind
Returns her glove after the game

But her story’s just begun

Courage walks alongside, biding time
Waiting to be summoned again
Courage has big dreams
With pockets full of hope now and then

Heart pounding under her new choir robe
That young girl stands to sing her first verse alone
She begins, fear and doubt grab hold, decide right then
A solo voice not her own

Her story far from done

Will she find pearls buried deep?
Unveiling wild and free

Courage walks alongside, close in time
Waiting to be summoned again
Courage sees big dreams
With pockets full of hope now and then
She has pockets full of hope to tend

She opens her book of things unsaid
Reads aloud mighty and clear
Pearls of truth flow through her refrains
A solo voice hers to share

Courage walks inside, quickly to arise
Knowing she’ll be summoned time again
Courage lives big dreams bursting at the seams
Pockets full of hope now and then
She has pockets full of hope