The End of that Long Blue Line (redux) Video (MV)

Twenty-five years in this uniform
Walkin' the beat, through the calm and the storm
I've seen the best and the worst of this town
From lifting 'em up to laying 'em down

I still remember that little girl's cry
Pulled her from flames, watched her touch the sky
Moments like those make it all feel right
But there's shadows I can't shake at night

I'm hangin' up the badge, but the weight won't fade
The scars run deep from the choices I've made
There's lives I've saved, and some that slipped away
In this long blue line, I learned to fight and pray
The good, the bad, they're all part of me
Now I'm walking free, but I'll never be free

The partners I lost, the blood on the street
Those calls in the dark where no one could sleep
I stood in the face of the things we all fear
But I held the line, year after year

I remember the mother, the tears in her eyes
When I told her the news no one should realize
Those are the ghosts that follow me home
In this brotherhood, you're never alone

I'm hangin' up the badge, but the weight won't fade
The scars run deep from the choices I've made
There's lives I've saved, and some that slipped away
In this long blue line, I learned to fight and pray
The good, the bad, they're all part of me
Now I'm walking free, but I'll never be free

For every child I saved, there's a name I'll forget
For every smile I earned, there's a tear of regret
But I did my best, I gave what I had
Through the good and the tragic, the proud and the sad

Now I'm hangin' up the badge, but the weight won't fade
The scars run deep from the choices I've made
There's lives I've saved, and some that slipped away
In this long blue line, I learned to fight and pray
The good, the bad, they're all part of me
Now I'm walking free, but I'll never be free

So I walk away, but I carry the light
For the ones who stand guard in the dead of night
Twenty-five years and a lifetime of dreams
In the long blue line, nothing's as it seems