Steve Earle — The Firebreak Line

[Chorus] Well, I'm a-cuttin' out a firebreak line Cuttin' out a firebreak line Digging down deep to the clay and lime Cuttin' out a firebreak line [Verse 1] Well I'm a wildfire fighting 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 A better band of brother's you'll never find Got their back and they got mine I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line [Chorus] Well, I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line Cuttin' out a firebreak line Digging down deep to the clay and lime I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line [Verse 2] Ed Pulaski is a friend of mine When I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line He invented this thing like an ax I swing And he never left a member of his crew behind When the fire jumped across the line Took 'em down an abandoned mine Then he drew his gun, said he'd shoot the first one That got it in his head to try and step outside Got everybody out alive Ed Pulaski is a friend of mine [Chorus] And I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line Cuttin' out a firebreak line Digging down deep to the clay and lime Cuttin' out a firebreak line Woo! [Chorus] Cuttin' out a firebreak line Cuttin' out a firebreak line Digging down deep to the clay and lime Cuttin' out a firebreak line [Verse 3] Gotta pray that the wind'll die And it rains down from on high I will raise a glass to the hotshots past In hotshot heaven up above the sky They're watchin' over me when I'm Cuttin' out a firebreak line [Chorus] Now I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line Cuttin' out a firebreak line Digging down deep to the clay and lime I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line Whoa I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line Cuttin' out a firebreak line I'm digging down deep to the clay and lime I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line