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The Firebreak Line
Steve Earle, The Dukes
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Well, I'm a-cuttin' out a firebreak line
Cuttin' out a firebreak line
Diggin' down deep to the clay and lime
Cuttin' out a firebreak line
Well, I'm a wildfire fightin' fool
On the Yellow Mountain hotshot crew
I can swamp and fell, I can walk through hell
I'm an EMT and a torch man too
When the wind's blowin' hot and dry
And the sparks and the cinders fly
I'll make my stand with twenty good men
Better ramblin' brothers you'll never find
Got their back and they got mine
When I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line
Yeah, I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line
Cuttin' out a firebreak line
Diggin' down deep to the clay and lime
I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line
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Ed Pulaski is a friend of mine
When I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line
He invented this thing like a ax I swing
And he never left a member of his crew behind
When the fire jumped across the line
Took 'em down in an abandoned mine
Then he drew his gun, said he'd shoot the first one
But he got it in his head, "It's time to step outside"
Got everybody out alive
Ed Pulaski is a friend of mine
And I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line
Cuttin' out a firebreak line
Diggin' down deep to the clay and lime
Cuttin' out a firebreak line, woo
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Cuttin' out a firebreak line
Cuttin' out a firebreak line
Diggin' down deep to the clay and lime
Cuttin' out a firebreak line
Gotta pray that the wind'll die
And it rains down from on high
I'm gonna raise a glass to the hotshots passed
In hotshot heaven up above the sky
They're watching over me when I'm
Cuttin' out a firebreak line
Yeah, I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line
Cuttin' out a firebreak line
Diggin' down deep to the clay and lime
I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line
Oh, cuttin' out a firebreak line
Cuttin' out a firebreak line
Diggin' down deep to the clay and lime
I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line
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