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Used to be a cop but |
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I got to be too jumpy |
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I used to like to party 'til |
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I coughed up half a lung |
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But sometimes late at night |
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I hear the beat a-bumping |
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I reach for my holster and |
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I wake up all alone |
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I used to have a wife but she told me |
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I was crazy |
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Said she couldn't stand the way |
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I fidget all the time |
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Sometimes late at night |
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I circle around the house |
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I look through the windows and |
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I dream that she's still mine |
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I got scars on my back from the way my |
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Daddy raised me |
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I used to have a family until |
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I got divorced |
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I've come too far from the things that could save me |
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I used to be a cop but they kicked me off the force |
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I used to be a cop 'til they kicked me off the force |
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Used to have a car but the bank came and took it |
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I'm paying for a house but that bitch lives in it now |
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The children that we had who now won't even look at me |
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Guess there's nothing left to lose, nothing matters anyhow |
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Got a scar on my arm from that bullet that once grazed me |
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I keep it in a box to remind me where |
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I've beenThat thin blue line was the only thing that could save me |
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I used to have a badge but they made me turn it in |
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And I used to play football, but |
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I wasn't big enough for college |
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But I passed the entrance exam, first try and on my way |
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The Police |
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Academy gave me the only thing |
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I was ever good at |
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But my temper and the shakes, and they took that thing away |
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Used to have a wife but she just couldn't deal with |
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The anger and tension that was welling inside me |
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Sometimes late at night |
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I circle 'round the house |
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I look through the windows and |
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I remember how it used to be |
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I look through the windows and |
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I remember how it used to be |