I could have saved a life today
> instead i chose to walk away
> it wasn't that i didn't care
> I had the time and i was there
>
> I didn't want to be an ass
> cause i hardly knew his troubled past
> i didn't want to seem a fool
> when malefic habits
> tend to rule
> i knew he'd done rails before
> & if i spoke up he might get sore
>
> so he did his thing as i walked on by
> and because of that i let him die
> I could have saved a life that day
> instead i chose to walk away
>
> The chances didn't seem that bad
> i've done the same he knew i had
> so i shook my head and let him be
> he knew the risks just like me
>
> i could have saved a life that day
> instead i chose to walk away
>
> now every time i see his wife
> i know i should have saved his life
> the guilt is something i must bare
> but sometimes life just isn't fair
>
> so when you see drugs others take
> in such amounts their life's at stake
> do something 'cause what you say
> may help them live another day
>
> but if like me you look away
> i hope to hell you don't have to say
> "I could have saved a life today...
> ... but I CHOSE to walk away"