Show up to the station, toss my gear on the rig, Staring down a forty-eight, we got the best gig. Time for Turn over getting all the deets, Keeping track of calls, call it keeping receipts. Time for bag checks, it’s the first of the month, The day already sucks , right from the jump. Cook some breakfast, potatoe, eggs and meat, Lift assist times 3 before we even eat. Get back to station to a cold meal, Gas leak coming in, you know the deal. 2 hours later and we’re headed home, Charlie headache, another dropped tone. Pee pause head been hurting for about a week, He’s a regular, got a 4 day streak. Walk him outside to the ambulance, He’s telling random facts about his circumstance. In the truck, A C stopped working by chance, Gotta take her in for some main tin nance. Aw man, now we in a reserve, What did we do to ever deserve, A whole tour, in an old beat up pumper, Sweating to death in the heat of the summer. This is turd on wheels , is older than me, Shocks suck, lights too, we can’t even see. No worries, no sweat, we adapt, it’s the best we got, when the money is strapped. Arrived back home, pullin into the bay, Another tone drops and metro’s delayed, Traffic incident possible res-cue, Once on scene everybody re-fused. Closed the call, headed to the store, What’s on sale, what can we afford. Chicken thighs, ribeyes? No surprise! Feast your eyes on what station 3 guys buy. Time for workout, hits some lifts, stay strong, Then cardio for when the fires are long. Call 5 drops, delta animal attack, Pull up on scene, to find a really fat, Man on the ground , he’s been bitten by ants, He’s mean and he’s drunk plus he doesn’t have pants. Scoop him on up give him Benadryl, Send him to the E R, where he won’t pay the bill. The next second, Echo drops, finally something real, Arrived to find a man choking on a banana peel. Can’t get it, time for cryko thighrotomee Slit throat insert tube, now he’s breathing free. Suddenly, I awake, RESPOND ENGINE 3, In tha recliner, I must have fallen asleep. Half awake I run to get bunked out, Structure fire, Tac 3, engine 3’s enroute. First on scene, smoke showin pull a line, Mask up at the front door, go inside. Black out smoke when I open the door, Heat brings me to my knees, crawlin on the floor. Ladder doin search, engine got the line, 1 victim found, just in time. Water on the fire, found the seat. No more flames, no more heat. Call to command, you can tap this out. [music drops, only vocals] you can tap this out. Yeah. You can tap this out.
