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I
WANT TO TELL YOU LIES |
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| I
want to tell that little boy his Mom
will be just fine |
| I
want to tell that dad we got his
daughter out in time |
| I
want to tell that wife her husband will
be home tonight |
| I
don't want to tell it like it is, I want
to tell them lies. |
|
| You
didn't put their seat belts on, you feel
you killed your kids |
| I
want to say you didn't ... but in a way,
you did. |
| You
pound your fists into my chest, you're
hurting so inside |
| I
want to say you'll be OK, I want to tell
you lies. |
|
| You
left chemicals within his reach and now
it's in his eyes |
| I
want to say your son will see, not tell
you he'll be blind. |
| You
ask me if he'll be OK, with pleading in
your eyes |
| I
want to say that yes he will, I want to
tell you lies. |
|
| I
can see you're crying as your life goes
up in smoke. |
| If
you'd maintained that smoke alarm, your
children may have woke. |
| Don't
grab my arm and ask me if your family is
alive. |
| Don't
make me tell you they're all dead, I
want to tell you lies. |
|
| I
want to say she'll be OK, you didn't
take her life |
|
I hear you say you love her and you'd
never hurt your wife. |
| You
thought you didn't drink too much, you
thought that you could drive. |
| I
don't want to say how wrong you were, I
want to tell you lies. |
|
| You
only left her for a moment, it happens
all the time. |
| How
could she have fell from there? You
thought she couldn't climb. |
| I
want to say her neck's not broke, that
she will be just fine. |
| I
don't want to say she's paralyzed, I
want to tell you lies |
|
| I
want to tell this teen his buddies
didn't die in vain |
| Because
he thought that it'd be cool to try to
beat that train |
| I
don't want to tell him this will haunt
him all his life |
| I
want to say that he'll forget, I want to
tell him lies. |
|
| You
left the cabinet open and your daughter
found the gun. |
| Now
you want me to undo the damage that's
been done. |
| You
tell me she's your only child, you say
she's only five. |
| I
don't want to say she
won't see six, I want
to tell you lies. |
|
| He
fell into the pool when you just went to
grab the phone. |
| It
was only for a second that you left him
there alone. |
| If
you let the damn phone ring perhaps your
boy would be alive. |
|
But I don't want to tell you that, I
want to tell you lies. |
|
| The
fact that you were speeding caused that
car to overturn |
| and
we couldn't get them out of there before
the whole thing burned. |
| Did
they suffer? Yes, they suffered, as they
slowly burned alive. |
| But
I don't want to say those words, I want
to tell you lies. |
|
| But
I have to tell it like it is, until my
shift is through |
| And
then the real lies begin, when I come
home to you. |
| You
ask me how my day was, and I say it was
just fine |
| I
hope you understand, sometimes, I have
to tell you lies. |
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| Dedicated
to all the Police Officers,
Firefighters, First Responders, |
| EMTs,
Paramedics, Emergency Flight Crews and
all civil servants |
| who
deal with the tragedies of life and
death. |
| The
saddest of all, being those that
involve children, |
| and
could have been prevented. |
| Wear
your seat belts. |
| Keep
poisons, flammables, fireworks, etc.,
out of reach of children. |
| Keep
your smoke alarm in operating order, if
you don't have one, get one. |
| Never,
ever drive if you've been drinking. |
| Never
leave your toddler unattended. |
| Teens,
be responsible drivers, obey all traffic
lights, posted limits, |
| warnings
and signals at RR crossings. |
| Keep
your guns locked and out of reach, buy a
trigger guard. |
| Protect
our children, they are our future... |
| Am
I preaching? |
| Am
I nagging? |
| I
guess I am just telling it like it is...
Or I could just tell you a lie. |
