"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
Till 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
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
Till you came along

So girl, hang your dress up to dry, we ain't leavin' this room
Till Percy Priest breaks open wide and a river runs through
Carries this house on the stones like a piece of driftwood
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
Till 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