Cover Me Up - Lyrics - Jason Isbell

A heart on the run Keeps a hand on a gun It can't trust anyone I was so sure What I needed was more 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 '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 all high I sobered up And I swore that stuff Forever this time In the old lover's scene I thought it'd be me Who helped him get home But home was dream One that 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 Carries this house on the stones like a piece of drift wood 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 Cover me up and know you're enough to use me for good