Well, I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line Cuttin' out a firebreak line Digging down deep to the clay and lime Cuttin' out a firebreak line Well, I'm a wildfire fighting fool From the Yellow Mountain Hotshot Crew I can swamp and fell, I can walk through I'm an EMT and a torchman too When the wind's blowin' hot and dry And the sparks and the cinders fly I'll make my stand with 20 good men A better band of brothers you'll never find I got their back and they got mine Cuttin' out a firebreak line Well, I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line Cuttin' out a firebreak line Digging down deep to the clay and lime Cuttin' out a firebreak line Ed Pulaski is a friend of mine When I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line He invented this thing like an axe I swing And he never left a member of his crew behind When the fire jumped across the line Took 'em down to an abandoned mine Then he drew his gun, said he'd shoot the first one That got it in his head to try and step outside Got everybody out alive Ed Pulaski is a friend of mine And I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line Cuttin' out a firebreak line Digging down deep to the clay and lime Cuttin' out a firebreak line Cuttin' out a firebreak line Cuttin' out a firebreak line Digging down deep to the clay and lime Cuttin' out a firebreak line Gotta pray that the wind'll die And it rains down from on high Oh, and raise a glass to the hotshots past In hotshot heaven up above the sky Lookin' down on me when I'm Cuttin' out a firebreak line Now I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line Cuttin' out a firebreak line Digging down deep to the clay and lime Cuttin' out a firebreak line Oh, I'm cuttin' out a firebreak line Cuttin' out a firebreak line Digging down deep to the clay and lime Cuttin' out a firebreak line