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Recorded Reading (0:30): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f09vykn4azaba7ck0pouj/If-You-Have-the-Courage.mp3?rlkey=xo13nzkpkmv085vounp44z3bf&st=hhobpfpz&dl=0

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If You Have the Courage

If you have the courage
To sing your own authentic song
There’ll be lots of people
To tell you that you do it wrong

Should sparkle, shouldn’t glimmer
Shouldn’t scintillate or glisten
Do yourself a favor:
Get ready not to listen

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