When Those Sirens Are Gone

It was a dark and stormy night
Nor'Easter rollin' in
It's a long twelve hours
The power's out again
I pray for inner strength and that we don't lose no lives
Just another day in a first responders eyes

Half a cup of coffee's gone
The first run comes in
A car slid off the road, there's a family trapped within
My heart beats like a hammer
I can barely catch my breath
I'm thinking the worst and hoping for the best

Yeah we ain't super heroes we're just ordinary people
Trying to make a difference in the first on every scene
It's a heavy heavy burden to carry all this hurting
When you can't unsee the things you've seen
It keeps going on
When those sirens are gone

Now my shift is finally over
I gotta deal with what's mine
And try to find a way to leave those tragedies behind
So I hug my two children, I kiss on my wife
Just another day in a first responder's life

Yeah we ain't super heroes we're just ordinary people
Trying to make a difference in the first on every scene
It's a heavy heavy burden to carry all this hurting
When you can't unsee the things you've seen
It keeps going on
When those sirens are gone

Flashing lights fill the air
Broken bodies everywhere
Another bad dream is stealing my sleep

'Cause we ain't super heroes we're just ordinary people
Trying to make a difference in the first on every scene
And it's a heavy heavy burden to carry all this hurting
When you can't unsee the things you've see

It keeps going on
When those sirens are gone
It keeps going on
When those sirens are gone