Every time you think you won't make it And each time you're convinced That you can't take it Picture me in this light Think of me, you can fight 'Cause I've been chewed up and spit I've been big, I've been hit I've been burned but I have learned That we survive, we get by We take the hit and we learn to fight We collide but we don't die Trying to put out Trying to put out Wildfires When you get the feeling That it's not in you And all those times remind you Of what you can't do Remember me, I've lost and loved And I am not giving up Though I've been torn I've been used I've been fooled, I've abused All my rights to living But I'm alive That we survive, we get by We take the hit and we learn to fight We collide but we don't die Trying to put out Don't you put out Wildfires Let them come I'm going to let them take me Let them burn up everything That's made me 'Til the end, I swear I'm never going to let them Break me Though I've been crushed I've been killed I've been scared But God, I will Keep on trudging up this crazy hill That we survive, we get by We take the hit and we learn to fight We collide but we don't die Trying to put out Don't you put out When there's no doubt How it's gonna' turn out Let them burn out Let them burn out Don't you put out Never put out Wild... fires