Singer: George Strait
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Song: The Weight Of The Badge
George Strait - The Weight Of The Badge Subtitles (vtt) (06:26-386-0-en) (PARTIAL PREVIEW)
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- Secure!
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Hit!
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- You have people
that are going out
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And doing a job to defend
their communities.
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And you know in the
back of the mind
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Of every one of those officers,
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One of them might
not be going home.
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And we have seen, I've seen
it throughout my career,
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I've seen it here locally,
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Where a police officer
didn't go home.
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They kissed their
loved ones goodbye
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And that was the last
time they saw 'em.
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And sometimes I don't
think we realize
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The impact
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That this job has had
on our families,
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Let alone ourselves.
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That's a heavy weight.
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That's the heavy
weight of the badge.
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It's gonna be a long one
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Another graveyard shift
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As he says goodbye to
his wife and kids
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He spends his life just
like his dad's
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Driving away under the
weight of the badge
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He's seen it all in
his fifteen years
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Watching our backs,
facing our fears
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Lord knows it
ain't no easy task
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Keeping us safe under the
weight of the badge
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He swore that oath to
protect and serve
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Pours his heart and soul
into both those words
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Lays his life on the line
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The line he walks
is razor fine
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- Every time he goes
I'm always like
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"Call me or text
me when you leave,"
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Because I just want to
make sure he's okay
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Because I know that it's
a possibility
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That he may not be some time.
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That's the biggest weight
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And I feel like a lot of
times when he leaves
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And I give him a hug and
a kiss, goodbye,
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I always hold onto him for an
extra couple of seconds,
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Just because.
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He said, "I'm
gonna be alright
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There's just sometimes
you gotta fight"
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And the truth is nothing
truer could be said
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I do it for us
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And I do it for them
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And I ain't gonna buckle under
the weight of the badge
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- So for me, the weight
of the badge is
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The weight of the pager.
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When the tones go off,
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The emergency comes in
and you're going.
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- And at the end of the day,
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When we get done
with our careers,
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We go back home to our families.
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Well, who are we returning
back to their families?
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- But you still have to
leave and go home
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And take that badge off,
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But after you've had a
long day at work,
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Your heart is still heavy because
of what you've seen.
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- When you say, "the weight
of the badge,"
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"The weight of the shield,"
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I was holding a conversation
the other night,
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We were on standby
at a firehouse
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And talking with the chief
of another department
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And we were talking
about seeing-
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32
Partition street.
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- I'm going.
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Oh the heavy weight
of the badge
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And he ain't gonna buckle
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Under the weight
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Of the badge
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No he ain't gonna buckle
under the weight
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Of the badge
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- It's a sense of
service, really.
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That weight is a
sense of service to
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