Cover up Your Ears

[Verse 1]
"Oh my dear, I’ve missed you so much,"
She said as she aimed to the right
A bead of sweat running down my scalp
While she drew a bead in her sight
It was January or maybe March
Either way it was 1986
I never guessed a girl could be so harsh
Is this how you get your kicks?

[Chorus]
I could spend my days hidden away in a basement far far away
But I could never bring myself to say it, so cover up your ears

[Verse 2]
Soon after I moved to the east
I was a busboy in Portland, Maine
Three days in stabbed my boss with a fork
I was just doing what he said (Fork it over!)
I rushed to the west, police on my tail
I hitchhiked along the Oregon trail
We were stopped in Salem
But I have never felt so alive

[Chorus]
I could spend my days hidden away in a basement far far away
But I could never bring myself to say it, so cover up your ears

[Chorus/Outro]
I could spend my days hidden away in a basement far far away
But I could never bring myself to say it, so cover up your ears
(La la la la la la la) Cover up your ears
(La la la la la la la) Cover up your ears
(La la la la la la la) Cover up your ears
(La la la la la la la) That’s why I’m in jail