I WANT TO TELL YOU LIES. >I want to tell that little boy his Mom will be just fine >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 fallen when 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 it would be cool to try and 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 went to grab the > phone. > It was only for a second that you left him there > alone. > If you'd 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, they were > 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. > > Dedicated to all the Police Officers, Firefighters, EMTs, > Paramedics, > Emergency > Flight Crews, Hospital Police, Security Officers and all Civil > Servants > who deal > with the tragedies of life and death