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Artist: Ub 40
Canonical path: /ub-40/cover-up
Related lyric paths: 6
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Cover Up
Read Cover Up lyrics by Ub 40 on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Cover Up
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[Chorus:]
Cover up
With loving protection
Guard your love
In every direction
Don't give up
For fear of rejection
Stand your ground and voice an objection
[Verse 1:]
Run away my sister and brother
Be afraid of love when the lover
Tries to read the book by the cover
Wrapped up in the arms of another
[Chorus]
Cover up prolonging the yearning
Just ahead the fires are burning
Swim for shore the tides are now turning
Love the ones you love with your learning
[Chorus]
Look ahead the futures depending
On the brave to now start defending
Tell the world the message you're sending
We don't need an unhappy ending
[Chorus]
Got to be safe if you want to be free
To sit in the shade of the family tree
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
Got to be safe if you want to be free
To sit in the shade of the family tree
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