The alarm rang, as it had so many times before.
He was the first of the fireman up and out...

Studying for years and years
Watching the effects and the devastating tears...

The world needs men and women...
who cannot be bought...

He is your next door neighbor or maybe a friend
Someone, when needed, you can always depend...

I HAVE NO AMBITION IN
THIS WORLD BUT ONE, AND...

NEXT TO THE BIG FIRE TRUCK I STOOD.
MY THROAT WAS SCRATCHY, MY LEGS FELT LIKE WOOD...

Sirens sound! He awakes with a start and hastily...
Thumping of footsteps, motors churning, directions...

When the Lord was creating Firefighters, he was...
And the Lord said "Have you read the...

When I ask you to listen to me when I hurt or have...
and you start giving me advice...

When the Lord made EMTs and Paramedics, he was...
when an angel appeared and said, "You're...

Rest now my fallen brother
Lay soft your suffering back...

Ask any firefighter, and he will say
And the Brothers all agree...