All I wanna do is to pound the beat But the only thing I’m pounding is my keyboard All I wanna do is chase those villains But the only thing I’m chasing is my tail All I wanna do is fight that crime But the only thing I’m fighting against is paperwork All I wanna do is keep bad boys off the streets But the only one kept off the streets is me All I wanna do is preserve life But the only thing I’m preserving is the status quo All I wanna do is protect property But the only thing I protect is the interests of senior ranks All I wanna do is get back out after an arrest But the only place I’ll be for hours is in the office All I wanna do is to keep people safe But the only ones safe are the burglars and muggers All I wanna do is provide a deterrent But the only thing deterred is talented people from joining All I wanna do is the job I joined to do morale among police at an all-time low trust in police at an all-time low
