First Responder

I curse the weather while you make the raincoat

You make the tough calls while I play the scapegoat

I let it fester and bury it deep

Gather my people and huddle like sheep

But all the while, on the wings of an oath

A first responder is serving us both

I aim my pistol while you aim at brilliance

I learn of injury while you learn resilience

Cursing the cook for a piece of the pie

Playing it blind 'til we see eye to eye

But all the while, on the wings of an oath

A first responder is serving us both

Now I'm twisting your words beyond recognition

Shifting your post to suit my position

Spending my days cursing disparity

While you make the money and give to charity

But all the while, on the wings of an oath

A first responder is serving us both

He enters the fray so softly spoken

A working piece of a system that's broken

All the while, on the wings of an oath

A first responder is serving us both

He enters the fray so softly spoken

A working piece of a system that's broken