Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell
“Cover Me Up” is the first track from Jason Isbell’s Southeastern.
Isbell wrote the song as a love song to Amanda Shires, before they were together.
Jason was awarded the ‘Song of the Year’ Award at the 2014 Americana Music Awards.
[Verse 1]
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
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
Put your faith to the test when I tore off your dress
In Richmond on high
But I sobered up and I swore off that stuff
Forever this time
And the old lover's sing, "I thought it'd be me
Who helped him get home"
But home was a dream, one I'd never seen
'Til you came along
[Chorus]
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 driftwood
Cover me up and know you're enough to use me for good
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
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
Cover Me Up was written by Jason Isbell.
Cover Me Up was produced by Dave Cobb.
Jason Isbell released Cover Me Up on Tue Jun 11 2013.
In an interview with NPR Isbell spoke about how difficult the song was to write:
That was a hard one for me to even get through without breaking down the first time, because that one is really personal. It’s not easy to sit down and open yourself up and say, ‘This is how much I love you,’ you know?...