Cover Up

Cover up With loving protection Guard your love In every direction [Chorus:] 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 [Verse 1:] Tries to read the book by the cover Wrapped up in the arms of another [Chorus] Don't give up For fear of rejection Stand your ground and voice an objection Cover up prolonging the yearning Just ahead the fires are burning VERSE 2 Swim for shore the tides are now turning Love the ones you love with your learning [Chorus] Don't give up For fear of rejection Stand your ground and voice an objection Look ahead the futures depending On the brave to now start defending VERSE 3 Tell the world the message you're sending We don't need an unhappy ending [Chorus] Don't give up For fear of rejection Stand your ground and voice an objection Got to be safe if you want to be free BRIDGE To sit in the shade of the family tree [Verse 1:] Tries to read the book by the cover Wrapped up in the arms of another [Chorus] Don't give up For fear of rejection Stand your ground and voice an objection Got to be safe if you want to be free To sit in the shade of the family tree --- Cover Up - UB40