| Lyrics:Ub40 Music:Ub40 | |
| 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 | |
| (Repeat chorus) | |
| 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 | |
| (Repeat chorus) | |
| 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 | |
| (Repeat chorus) | |
| Got to be safe if you want to be free BRIDGE | |
| To sit in the shade of the family tree | |
| (Repeat verse 1) | |
| (Repeat chorus) | |
| Got to be safe if you want to be free | |
| To sit in the shade of the family tree |
| Lyrics: Ub40 Music: Ub40 | |
| 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 | |
| Repeat chorus | |
| 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 | |
| Repeat chorus | |
| 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 | |
| Repeat chorus | |
| Got to be safe if you want to be free BRIDGE | |
| To sit in the shade of the family tree | |
| Repeat verse 1 | |
| Repeat chorus | |
| Got to be safe if you want to be free | |
| To sit in the shade of the family tree |
| Lyrics: Ub40 Music: Ub40 | |
| 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 | |
| Repeat chorus | |
| 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 | |
| Repeat chorus | |
| 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 | |
| Repeat chorus | |
| Got to be safe if you want to be free BRIDGE | |
| To sit in the shade of the family tree | |
| Repeat verse 1 | |
| Repeat chorus | |
| Got to be safe if you want to be free | |
| To sit in the shade of the family tree |