Drive-By Truckers - Used To Be A Cop lyrics

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 b**h 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 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 pa**ed 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