Used to Be a Cop - Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots 

I love dbt but thats a stretch my man.

Now they have two.

@@PER5Y Not sure what you are talking about, but advice to you...............................get over yourself.

You are 24 now and I am sure you still love it!

@@lakshkhanna09 You took the words straight out of my brain! I just discovered them at age 66. Hope I'm still around at age 79. If not...I've a whole catalog to play for eternity DBT will be in there. I've some catching up to do !!!

I think it provides a deeper nuance that lesser songwriters can’t even approach: He probably knows some cops, and knows that many played football: You have to be physically big and strong to be a cop because you’re physically fighting people sometimes. He knows that many of these dudes used to play football.

It's almost exultant when he sings that line, like for a moment the guy is back there in past when he used to be young, playing football, with a future etc

énorme du rock and Roll puise aux racines !!!

Wow you really nailed It Jeremiah.This song is powerful.GREAT lyrics,powerful guitars,great vocals, and such a cool,hard song.The story of the song just , kinda has my whole attention.You I write and play good songs, but damn what a cool, hard rocking song this is.It jumps out at ya’.🎸☠️☠️🎸

Brilliant summarization of one of my favorite bands

I'm late to the game. Just discovered this awesome band. Where the hell have I been ? 😆 Your metaphor was spot on. Thanks!!!!

Jeremiah...Not certain if you read these comments. I strolled through your profile and noticed much of your videos posted are related to writing. You look young in your picture but you could be as old as dirt (like me) . Here's hoping your pursuit is a writing career or perhaps you've "arrived".. The post you wrote is phenomenal. My dad was a journalist and mom was an English teacher. The result was I learned a thing or two. If your chosen path is to be a writer, or you've arrived, it's no surprise to me you're exactly where you should be. Much luck to you and praise too. I'm not some old lady stalker 😆... when I say I'll Google your name and see what comes up. Keep writing. You've found your niche.

Brighter than creations dark is my top 1 and i saw DBT last august.....they played ""The Opening Act" I lost my mind

Make that two decades.

Fuck you douche bag!!

lahey is the liquor

RIP Lahey, the liquor will continue to build your stone wall, and build your legacy!

@@jamesnewton3363 big up John rip legend man

It's just the fuckin way she goes boys

Shhhhhh.. the liquor is talking...

monte michel bleu this

if I may add also members of a band that influenced these guys Allen Collins,Gary Rossington,Ed king,& Steve Ganies of Lynyrd Skynyrd the original band with 3 guitarist

Yes and not to mention Lynyrd Skynyrds three guitar attack.

Your not the only one.......... Lots of "Used to be cops"these days....

@@longrifle. yeah..... but that's long gone for me. Now I do my duty for the VA. Keep pushin! It's not the violence in a man, it's how far hes wiling to go.

Nothing wrong with being the maintenance guy That’s what I do.. along with listening to DBT

Cops= Capital’s private army.

You sound like a drive-by Poet ❤

I pulled over to the side of the road today so I could write it down when I heard it on Sirius in my truck. Why haven't I heard of them before?!

Whoa. Glad you REALLY liked it.

Same here. I JUST discovered this band. Cried for all the years missed not listening. Pulled over one other time when a song floored us driving to St. George Island, Florida for a week long reunion with 5 girls I'd grown up with and we were scattered away from our hometown and just beginning to grow our "adult":lives. All single and no kids yet. Now we are all retired and headed there this September for a week if debauchery...if we're not in bed by ten 🤣. But our life long leader Sharon will rally us by shaming us. Can't wait. Sultans of Swing came on the FM radio. When over we all grew quiet to hear the DJ say...that's Dire Straits playing Sultans of Swing. We hit a record store in Dothan. It was so long ago we had to find em in a phone book's Yellow Pages to buy the cassette tape. We were that determined.

@@juliecrane9647 Great story!

Not the last time I was there. Getting pretty deep, for a band that never had much/any success. Saw them in Denver, years ago. They were OK.

@@toddgittins5692 McDonald’s has had a lot of success but that doesn’t mean they’re a good restaurant.

@@steveb796 Bringing McDonald's into a conversation, that IS deep. Thanks, I really needed a laugh today.

@@toddgittins5692 okay. Let me ask you this. Are the Backstreet Boys a better band than DBT? They are more well known and have had more success.

You're a little late to the table. They came, they went, they're gone. Try some Butch Hancock.

Too good for Rock Hall: Look at those left out: The Smiths Kate Bush PJ Harvey The Smiths made 4 of the best albums in history, and did it in 5 years. The Smiths; Meat Is Murder; The Queen Is Dead; Louder Than Bombs (which was a compilation album of non-album singles that they released while still together). To top it off, they finished by making Strange Ways Here We Come, which was a completely different sound than all the others, and equally as good. There probably has never been a band who did so much in so brief of time. They should have been 1st-Ballot Hall of Famers in 2008, but still aren’t there. It’s hard to wrap your head around why Kate Bush isn’t there. She is a True Artist, musically, and is a Great Dancer to boot. She definitely influenced Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Sarah Machlachlin, Alannis and probably Madonna. Kate Bush is about as close the world has to a Pure Artist. Polly Jean Harvey isn’t just one of the premier songwriters of her time, she’s also a great Lead Guitarist. She’s as talented as they come. That these 3 “Shoe-Ins” aren’t included makes the Hall a sham to me.

My favorite Springsteen record.

It reminds me a lot of Dylan.

Roger that

No too much I hope!

Only 2 things make ex cops 1. Dirty politics 2. Self destruction. Hold the line bro

Unfortunately she is no longer in the band, but they still rock

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shonna_Tucker

Hows it goin 9 years on man ?

First used by Steve Earle, more or less.

And a class traitor.

bdhjabfhjbLMkfncukyCGL.............YEAH What She said!!!!!

Jim S bdhjabfhjbLMkfncukyCGL........you darn tootin!