Used to Be a Cop

Used to Be a Cop Lyrics

Song Used to Be a Cop
Artist Drive-By Truckers
Album Third Man Live
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Used to be a cop but
I got to be too jumpy
I used to like to party 'til
I coughed up half a lung
But sometimes late at night
I hear the beat a-bumping
I reach for my holster and
I wake up all alone
I 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 around 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 come 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
I'm paying for a house but that ***** lives in it now
The children that we had who now won't even look at me
Guess there's nothing left to lose, nothing matters anyhow
Got a scar on my arm from that bullet that once grazed me
I keep it in a box to remind me where
I've beenThat 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
The 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 tension that was welling inside me
Sometimes late at night
I circle 'round the house
I look through the windows and
I remember how it used to be
I look through the windows and
I remember how it used to be
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