Badge and gun
Give me my badge and gunGive me the road that I may runGive me that peaceful, wandering-free I used to know.
I've wait all I can, but I'm just not a patient manMan, I've been hiding here for 7 months or so.
Hand me down my coat and hat, and grab the winter one at thatYou never know how long I'll be away.
Give me my badge and gunGive me the songs that I once sungGive me those jet black, kick-back, lay down nights alone (those lay down nights alone)
This house is safe and warmBut I was made to chase the stormTaking the whole world on with big ol' empty arms.
Tell my friends I tried my bestThat one day I just up and leftThey probably saw it coming anyway (what can I say)Hey, hey.
The lock is on the cellar doorI can't remember what it's forI ain't been down those stairs in oh so longSo, so long.
Give me my badge and gunGive me the road that I must runGive me that peaceful, wandering-free I used to knowA copy of your key is hanging where it used to beGood as you've always been to meThe life I need to leadIs somewhere out there calling over those hills