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Everybody in the building knew what happened the other day Everybody in your home office knew too, your carefully crafted cover was blown Big news media explosion made it get blown away, no one now believes a word you say Years of portraying yourself as something you were not, exposed now as a blowhard who simply bragged a lot Said you would’ve taken down Mafia gangster John Gotti, if you’d been given the chance, Boasted you would’ve captured terrorist Osama Bin-Laden, if he hadn’t turned rabbit and ran Big talking security guard you were ... until the robbery occurred Cameras caught you in the ladies bathroom hiding, and your cowardly shame went viral You became a national joke Comedians said you were protecting those scared women, who had their skirts down Witnesses said you were inch-worming towards the toilet stalls with your face hugging the ground Some enterprising entrepreneur was selling T-shirts that said: “Throwing a thug birthday party? Then you need a Rent-a-Cop clown” And it had your face printed on the front Now your wife don’t wanna be seen in public with you, and your kids are catching it, getting mocked at school “Company Hero” is the name your co-workers have derisively given you The only reason you still got your job, is because of all the free publicity your company received Even bad publicity sometimes is good You’ve earned your cowardly stripes with dishonor Alcoholic erasers can’t seem to wipe away this awful blackboard stained memory Nobody’s making Facebook friends with a hero wannabe Nowadays, you don’t talk much to anyone And every dream fantasy outcome of that pride emasculating display, ends with you firing away ... heroically saving the day Shooting holes in the heart of your fears, killing them one by one Then lovingly, kissing the barrel of your smoking hot gun
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