Used To Be A Cop Lyrics - Go-go Boots - Drive By Truckers

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 bitch 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 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