Cover Me Up

A heart on the run keeps a hand on the gun

Can't trust anyone

I was so sure what I needed was more

Tried to shoot out the sun

The days when we raged, we flew off the page

Such damage was done

But I made it through, 'cause somebody knew

I was meant for someone

So girl, leave your boots by the bed

We ain't leavin' this room

'Til someone needs medical help

Or the magnolias bloom

It's cold in this house and I ain't goin' out to chop wood

So cover me up and know you're enough

To use me for good

Put your faith to the test when I tore off your dress

In Richmond on high

I sobered up, I swore off that stuff

Forever this time

And the old lovers sing

"I thought it'd be me who helped him get home"

But home was a dream, one that I'd never seen

'Til you came along

So girl, hang your dress out to dry

We ain't leavin' this room

'Til Percy Priest breaks open wide

And the river runs through

And carries this house on the stones like a piece of drift wood

So cover me up and know you're enough

To use me for good

So girl, leave your boots by the bed

We ain't leavin' this room

'Til someone needs medical help

Or the magnolias bloom

It's cold in this house and I ain't goin' out to chop wood

So cover me up and know you're enough

To use me for good

So cover me up and know you're enough

To use me for good