Used To Be A Cop

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