Krista Detor - Cover Their Eyes lyrics

COVER THEIR EYES © Krista Detor, Cover Their Eyes Somebody's whispering behind the curtains I am the seeker and they are all hiding And out in the kitchen under the cupboard Is my little brother, he thinks I won't find him Miniature bottles all stand uninspected Right next to the beer steins my father collected Dust from the curtains is snow in the air And they are all hiding still, back behind there CHORUS: I count to a hundred, by fives to a hundred In hallways and stairways they run where they will And I've covered my eyes and I let them all hide And in cupboards and curtains they're all hiding still First day of high school, my stockings are all wrong My hair is too curly and everyone's pretty Out in the courtyard and there by the fountain The cheerleaders huddle but they do not see me Miniature soldiers all stand at attention Right there on the football field But my family's not rich, we're like weeds in the lawn So we hide in the living room with the TV on I count to a hundred, by fives to a hundred In hallways and stairways they run where they will And I've covered my eyes and I let them all hide And in cupboards and curtains they're all hiding still Somebody's calling from California to Give me the news of the ones that I missed On the way to Alaska or Portland or some destination That isn't the place that I am Miniature pictures are glued in their lockets They cover their eyes when the latches are closed Dust from the curtains is snow in the air And we are all hiding still back behind there I count to a hundred, by fives to a hundred In hallways and stairways they run where they will And I've covered my eyes and I let them all hide And in cupboards and curtains they're all hiding still I count to a hundred, by fives to a hundred On roadsides and phone lines they wait where they will And I've covered my eyes and I let them all hide And in cupboards and curtains they're all hiding still