Cover Me Up

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[Verse 1]

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A heart on the run, keeps a hand on a gun, it can’t trust anyone
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I was so sure, what I needed was more, tried to shoot out the sun
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In days when we raged, we flew off the page, such damage was done
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But I made it through, ‘cause somebody knew, I was meant for someone


[Chorus 1]

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So girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this room
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'Til someone needs medical help or the magnolias bloom
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It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood
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So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good


[Interlude]

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[Verse 2]

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Put your faith to the test, when I tore off your dress, in Richmond on high
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I sobered up, I swore off that stuff, forever this time
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And the old lovers sing "I thought it’d be me who helped him get home"
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But home was a dream, one I’d never seen, ‘til you came along


[Chorus 2]

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So girl hang your dress up to dry, we ain’t leavin’ this room
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'Til Percy Priest breaks open wide and the river runs through*
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Carries this house on the stones like a piece of driftwood
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Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good


[Interlude]

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[Chorus 1]

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So girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this room
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'Til someone needs medical help or the magnolias bloom
     Em                       G                       Bm
It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood
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So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good


[Tag]

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Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good


[Interlude]

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