Loving a Badge ain’t Easy

Verse 1

You kissed me goodbye in the porch light glow

Said, “Don’t wait up, I don’t know how late I’ll go”

That radio crackle already in your head

While I’m layin’ here alone in our bed

Boots by the door, coffee gone cold

Another long night that never gets old

I try to be strong, but some nights I break

Wonderin’ how much this heart can take

Pre-Chorus

‘Cause I didn’t just fall for the man you are

I fell for the job that keeps us apart

Chorus

Loving a badge ain’t easy at all

It’s prayin’ every night you make it home when I call

It’s missin’ your touch, it’s fear I can’t hide

It’s holdin’ my breath with every siren outside

It’s learnin’ to live with the what-ifs and maybes

It’s fightin’ a job that don’t ever save me

But I’d choose you again through the hurt and the crazy

Even though loving a badge… ain’t easy

Verse 2

Your mama warned me what this life would do

Said, “Girl, that badge’ll take pieces of you”

I see it now in the lines on your face

In the way you go quiet, driftin’ away

You carry the weight of the world you see

But you don’t always bring it home to me

I reach for your hand, you pull back slow

Like there’s things in your mind I’ll never know

Pre-Chorus

And I hate that the job’s what you’re living for

But I love the man underneath it more

Chorus

Loving a badge ain’t easy at all

It’s prayin’ every night you make it home when I call

It’s missin’ your touch, it’s fear I can’t hide

It’s holdin’ my breath with every siren outside

It’s learnin’ to live with the what-ifs and maybes

It’s fightin’ a job that don’t ever save me

But I’d choose you again through the hurt and the crazy

Even though loving a badge… ain’t easy

Bridge

I see the hero the whole town knows

But I see the man when the door stays closed

And I’d give anything just to ease that load

Even if it means lettin’ some of you go

Breakdown

Yeah, I love you enough to stand in the rain

But that don’t mean it don’t hurt like hell through the pain

Final Chorus

Loving a badge ain’t easy, it’s true

It’s givin’ my heart to a life that owns you

It’s late night calls and empty space

It’s fallin’ asleep without your embrace

It’s strength I didn’t know I had inside me

It’s holdin’ on tight when the fear gets heavy

But I’d choose you again, yeah I’d still stay

Even though loving a badge… feels this way

Outro

So I’ll leave the light on, like I always do

And pray every night it leads me back to you

‘Cause loving a badge… is loving you