I have been where you fear to be,I have seen what you fear to see,I have done what you fear to do -All these things I have done for you.I am the one you lean upon,The one you cast your scorn upon,The one you bring your troubles to -All these people I've been for you.The one you ask to stand apart,The one you feel should have no heart,The one you call the "man in blue,"But I'm a person just like you.And through the years I've come to see,That I'm not what you ask of me;
So, take this badge ... take this gun ...Will you take it ... will anyone?And when you watch a person dieAnd hear a battered baby cry,Then do you think that you can beAll these things you ask of me?
