Life Line Rock

Third cup of coffee from a cracked styrofoam cup

County line radio barely coming up

Four in the morning,

another rain-slick bend

Sirens cut the pines where the blacktop ends

Praying for the quiet that we never find

Flash of blue strobes washing on the gravel road

Shoulders taking on another heavy load

Twenty-five years running with the hammer down

Catching broken souls on the edge of town

Hands still steady when the gauges start to fall Standing in the

gap when they make that call

(yeah

standing in the gap)

Saw the sun come up behind the emergency bay

Washed the mud from the boots,

put the shears away

Young guy in the jumper looks a little pale and green

Told him take a breath,

boy, you'll forget what you've seen

Even though I know

you won't

Flash of blue strobes washing on the gravel road

Lord knows we carry every heavy load

Twenty-five years running with the hammer down

Catching broken souls on the edge of town

Hands still steady when the gauges start to fall Standing in the

gap when they make that call

(oh we take that call)

Twenty-five years running with the hammer down

Patching up the heart of this tired old town

Hands still steady when the gauges start to fall Standing in the

gap when they make that call

(standing in the gap!)

Shift is done, boys

Pack it in (ahhhh)