Used to be a cop, but I got to be too jumpy.
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I used to like to party till I coughed up half a lung.
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Sometimes late at night I hear the beat a-bumping
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I reach for my holster and I wake up all alone.
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Used to have a wife but she told me I was crazy.
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Said she couldn't stand the way I fidget all the time.
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Sometimes late at night I circle round the house.
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I look through the windows and I dream that she's still mine.
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I got scars on my back from the way my Daddy raised me.
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I used to have a family until I got divorced.
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I've gone too far from the things that could save me.
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I used to be a cop, but they kicked me off the force.
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I used to be a cop, till they kicked me off the force.
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Used to have a car, but the bank came and took it.
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Paying for a house that that bitch lives in now.
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Children that we had won't even look at me.
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Guess there's nothing left to lose, nothing matters anyhow.
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Got a scar on my arm from the bullet that once grazed me.
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I keep it in a box to remind me where I've been.
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That thin blue line was the only thing that could save me.
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I used to have a badge but they made me turn it in.
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And I used to play football, but I wasn't big enough for college.
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But I passed the entrance exam first try, and on my way.
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Police Academy gave me the only thing I was ever good at,
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but my temper and the shakes, and they took that thing away.
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Used to have a wife, but she just couldn't deal
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with the anger and the tension that was welling inside of me.
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Sometimes late at night, I circle round the house
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I look through the window and I remember how it used to be.
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I look through the windows and I remember how it used to be.
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Used To Be A Cop
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| Drive-By Truckers |
