Used to Be a Cop Songtext
von Drive‐By Truckers

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