If you want to be a clown, you’d better be lookin’ for a circus.
If you’re lookin’ for a free ride, here’s a dollar; call a cab.
If you want to be a “Showman”, Vegas will welcome you with open arms.
If fulfillment of an ego is high on your priority list, might I suggest Hollywood.
And if you want to be a millionaire, by all means, this ain’t for you.
But, if you don’t mind hard work, sweating in freezing weather,
getting back less than half of what you give, and finding your name
at the bottom of your own priority list, then stick around!
I believe you could be a FIREFIGHTER.
If you’re lookin’ for a free ride, here’s a dollar; call a cab.
If you want to be a “Showman”, Vegas will welcome you with open arms.
If fulfillment of an ego is high on your priority list, might I suggest Hollywood.
And if you want to be a millionaire, by all means, this ain’t for you.
But, if you don’t mind hard work, sweating in freezing weather,
getting back less than half of what you give, and finding your name
at the bottom of your own priority list, then stick around!
I believe you could be a FIREFIGHTER.
Battalion Chief William “Billy” Obenchain, Roanoke Fire Department (Ret)
Great poem written by a retired Battalion Chief from Roanoke City. He just recently passed away after suffering for years with Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma. Billy wrote it during a live fire training exercise in Roanoke several years ago and is read at the beginning of each Roanoke City Recruit School.
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