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Artist: UB40
Canonical path: /ub40/couvre-la-cover-up
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Couvre-la (Cover Up)
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Couvre-la (Cover Up)
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UB40 + Nuttea:
J'ai le coeur meurtri
Je n'ai plus de patrie
Sinon celle d'un peuple banni
D'un système où l'amour est un luxe
Seen ?
{Refrain: UB40}
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
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
{au Refrain, UB40}
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
{Refrain: Nuttea}
Couvre la de toute ton affection
Protège-la dans toutes les directions
Garde-la dans ses grandes ambitions
Ecoute-la de toute ton attention
Les chants s'élévent tels des oriflammes
Comme un message qui toucherait les âmes
La presse est là pour couvrir le drame
Mais qui se doute du piège qui se trame
{au Refrain, Nuttea}
UB40: Got to be safe if you want to be free
Nuttea: Got to be safe if you want to be free
UB40: To sit in the shade of the family tree
Nuttea: To sit in the shade of the family tree
Je vois partir mes frères et mes soeurs
Et c'est comme toute une nation qui meurt
Que ma voix se fasse l'écho des pleurs
Ne laissons pas dominer nos peurs
{au Refrain, Nuttea}
UB40: Got to be safe if you want to be free
Nuttea: Got to be safe if you want to be free
UB40: To sit in the shade of the family tree
Nuttea: To sit in the shade of the family tree
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