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