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

Country, rock, ballad, female singer.