Cover Me Up

(originally by Jason Isbell)

A heart on the run

Keeps a hand on the gun

You can't trust anyone

But I was so sure

What I needed was more

And tried to shoot out the sun

In days when we raged

We flew off the page

Such damage was done

But I made it through

To somebody new

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 going 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 all night

But I sobered up

And I swore off that stuff

Forever this time

And the old lovers see

I'd thought it'd be me

Who helped him get home

But home was a dream

One I'd never seen

Til you came along

So girl hang your dress up 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 going 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