Blue on Blue

The question is “Why do I care?”
Unfortunately, I do, but now as I look around me
Just label me a fool,
what I learned I didn’t learn in school,
I’m a cop, call me Blue on Blue
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Yes, Blue On Blue, that’s who I am,
I never thought the world would turn
I never thought the cities would burn
It was my wish to help where I can
Kids used to call me
“Mr Policeman”

I’ve  been called “Copper”
The “Fuzz”, The “Heat”
It was alright with me, I saw it as innocent play
Now  “Hey Pig” they call me
And I  still attempt, everyday
To be the best that I can be
To earn my strips, to earn my pay

What bothers me, is everything I say
Or do is under scrutiny,
It seems that I (we) can’t get any thing right
It steals my sleep during the day
Cause my regular shifts at night,
But whatever shift I’m working, it’s fine,
It’s so you all can sleep with  peaceful minds,
Because We, the Blue On Blue
are protecting your behinds
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If there are no longer police like me
You best protect you and yours
Because with lawlessness out there,
there are no quick cures,
Some of you are dream’n the way you’re lean’n,
For you I suggest you build moat around your home,
And be careful where you roam

Blue, On  Blue
The name it seems to fit me well
My life now is a living hell
I damn well understand
Your right is to be safe and free
And I will protect those rights to my dying day
So what good is treading on me

Blue On Blue, that’s who I am,
I never thought the world would turn
I never thought the cities would burn
It has been my wish to help where I can,
Kids used to call me “Mr. Policeman”.

Before none of us are no longer around,
No more of our brave souls and boots on the ground,
Before its too late…
May I suggest that you sit back, take a rest,
and stop with your protest,
Before our great country becomes the wild, wild west.