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, 'til 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 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