Used To Be a Cop

Used to be a cop, but i got to be too jumpy.

I used to like to party till i coughed up half a lung.

Sometimes late at night i hear the beat a-bumping

I reach for my holster and i wake up all alone.

Used to have a wife but she told me i was crazy.

Said she couldn't stand the way i fidget all the time.

Sometimes late at night i circle round the house.

I look through the windows and i dream that she's still mine.

I got scars on my back from the way my daddy raised me.

I used to have a family until i got divorced.

I've gone too far from the things that could save me.

I used to be a cop, but they kicked me off the force.

I used to be a cop, till they kicked me off the force.

Used to have a car, but the bank came and took it.

Paying for a house that that bitch lives in now.

Children that we had won't even look at me.

Guess there's nothing left to lose, nothing matters anyhow.

Got a scar on my arm from the bullet that once grazed me.

I keep it in a box to remind me where i've been.

That thin blue line was the only thing that could save me.

I used to have a badge but they made me turn it in.

And i used to play football, but i wasn't big enough for college.

But i passed the entrance exam first try, and on my way.

Police academy gave me the only thing i was ever good at,

But my temper and the shakes, and they took that thing away.

Used to have a wife, but she just couldn't deal

With the anger and the tension that was welling inside of me.

Sometimes late at night, i circle round the house

I look through the window and i remember how it used to be.

I look through the windows and i remember how it used to be