lastalarm

My father was a fireman
He drove a big red truck
and when he'd go to work each day
He'd say "Mother wish me luck"

Then dad would not come home again
'till sometime the next day
But the thing that bothered me the most
was the things some folks would say,

"A fireman's life is easy,
He eats and sleeps and plays,
and sometimes he wont fight a fire
for days and days"

When first I heard these words
I was too young to understand
But I knew when people had trouble
Dad was there to lend a hand.

Then my father went to work one day
and kissed us all good-bye
but little did we realize
that night we all would cry

My father lost his life that night
when the floor gave way below
and I'd wondered why he'd risk his life
for someone he did not know

But now I truly realize
the greatest gift a man can give
Is to lay his life upon the line
so someone else may live

So as we go from day to day
and we pray to God above
say a prayer for your fireman
He may save the ones you love.