Nobody

I go armed to the teeth and I wander the streets Confirming my worst suspicions Lie awake in my bed disguising my dread As concern for the human condition I'm a God-fearing man but I get blood on my hands And I deal with the public and I do what I can To keep these thoughts of a plague at bay The streets are filled with boys all crazy in the noise Every single one a dupe of advertising ploys All blown out on dust and high-caliber toys And they keep me in terror and they keep me employed And I'm nobody I am nobody A federal team arrived at the scene To impede my investigation The president beamed to every TV screen Good news about the state of the nation No rumors of war, not like times before so why do I sleep behind a bulletproof door Drinking my fear of the day away My precinct crew has come unglued And those little envelopes keep coming on through I talk too much and I drink too much But I'm paying my mortgage and paying my dues And I'm nobody I am nobody I got out of the army, guess I didn't know what to do Came home, joined the police force I was still a young man; seen too many movies So I asked for the gang squad Of course what I didn't expect was seeing children lying dead And standing helpless on the side You ought to hear their mamas cry To nobody And everywhere I go I hear somebody say The drugs are brought in by the CIA So who am I working for, who do I protect? Who do I talk to, there's nowhere to connect And who am I? I'll tell you who I am I am nobody