Lyrics

Answer the Call
Verse 1
Dinner’s getting cold there on the table,
Kids are talking ’bout their day,
Then that little pager starts to screaming,
And everybody knows I’m on my way.
My wife just gives that look across the kitchen,
She’s seen a hundred nights go this way,
A kiss goodbye, my boots out through the doorway,
Somebody’s worst night just became my day.
Chorus
So I answer the call,
When somebody’s world falls apart,
When they’re praying in the darkness,
I show up with steady hands and heart.
I’m not a hero, I’m just a medic,
Doing what I can with what I’ve got.
I didn’t sign up for all this suffering,
But somebody’s gotta answer the call.
Verse 2
In a little town there are no strangers,
Every driveway has a face and name,
Sometimes I know the one who’s lying there,
Sometimes I know who’s calling out their name.
I’ve seen the fear, the pain, the dying,
Things you can’t just leave behind,
Then I drive back home when it is over,
Trying not to carry it inside.
Chorus
So I answer the call,
When somebody’s world falls apart,
When they’re praying in the darkness,
I show up with steady hands and heart.
I’m not a hero, I’m just a medic,
Doing what I can with what I’ve got.
I didn’t sign up for all this suffering,
But somebody’s gotta answer the call.
Bridge
There are birthdays left half-finished,
Empty chairs and plans that fall,
And every time we leave, our families serve us too,
Every time we answer the call.
So God bless the medics out there tonight,
Keep them safe wherever they go.
Stay close to the families waiting back home,
And bring every one of them home.
Final Chorus
Yeah, I answer the call,
Even when it tears me apart,
When somebody’s whole world stops turning,
I give them everything I’ve got in my heart.
I’m not a hero, I’m just a medic,
A volunteer giving all that I’ve got.
I never signed up to carry all this sorrow,
But somebody’s gotta answer the call.
Outro
God bless the ones answering tonight,
And the families waiting through it all.