CHEVRON safety slogan

I Chose to Look the Other Way

Safety song used by CHEVRON

 

I could have saved a life that day,
but I chose to look the other way.
It wasn’t that I didn’t care.
I had the time, and I was there. 

But I didn’t want to seem a fool,
or argue over a safety rule.
I knew he’d done the job before.
If I called it wrong, he might get sore. 

The chances didn’t seem that bad,
I’ve done the same, he knew I had.
So I shook my head and walked on by,
He knew the risks as well as I. 

He took a chance, I closed an eye,
and with that act I let him die.
I could have saved a life that day,
but I chose to look the other way. 

Now every time I see his wife,
I’ll know I should have saved his life.
That guilt is something I must bear,
but it isn’t something you need to share. 

If you see a risk that others take,
That puts their health or life at stake,
The question asked, or the thing you say,
Could help them live another day. 

If you see a risk and walk away,
then hope you never have to say,
I could have saved a life that day,
but I chose to look the other way.