[Verse 1]
F# B F# B
Every time I go downtown I think I might find you around.
F# B G#m C#
I take your picture just in case, anybody's seen-
F# B F# B
F# girl who's had her better days, just like the last place that you stayed,
F# B G#m C#
Where I can see you tipping back the curtains, looking for me.
[Chorus]
B F#
You say. "Baby do you have to go away
B F#
Just before the deal gets real sweet,
B F#
Just before my trouble finally pays off,
C#
Can you cover for me?
G#m A#m B
Can you cover for me?
[Verse 2]
F# B
I see you coming down the hill.
F# B
You smile at me like I'm a worn out thrill,
F# B G#m C#
As if I have some endless well of dignity.
F# B
You cut yourself like a high school kid-
F# B
I did it once, everybody did,
F# B G#m C#
Just to feel the emptying of everything.
[Chorus]
B F#
Just to watch it all go away,
B F#
Every time the deal gets real sweet,
B F#
Every time our trouble finally paid off.
C# G#m A#m B
We said, "Cover for me, cover for me."
[Verse 3]
F# B F# B
It's 2 years of depravity for every year of recovery,
F# B G#m C#
And you'll lose eventually, if that's what you need.
F# B
Of all the friends that make me sad,
F# B
You're the one I just can't have-
F# B
All the numbers that you left me,
G#m C#
They just ring and ring.
[Chorus]
B F#
You say. "Baby do you have to go away
B F#
Just before the deal gets real sweet,
B F#
Just before my trouble finally pays off,
C#
Can you cover for me?
G#m A#m B
Like I covered for you?
[Outro]
F# B F# C#
F# B A