PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
067 - Shelter
Verse 1
And you’re drown-ing in the sun-shine,
as it pours down from the sky.
And there’s some-thing stir-ring in your heart,
bright col-ours fill your eyes.
As from here to the far hor-i-zon,
your beau-ty does un-fold.
And oh, you look so love-ly,
Dress-ed i-n green and gold.
[2 x Bar Instrumental Turnaround]
Verse 2
You can al-most touch the o-cean,
shim-’ring in, the dis-tant haze.
As you stand there on the moun-tain,
on this love-li-est day of days.
‘Round half the world you’ve drift-ed,
left no wild oats un-sown:
but now your view ha-s shift-ed,
and you think you’ve just come home.
[2 x Bar Instrumental Turnaround]
Verse 3
(Spoken solo over Choir humming) To the home-less and the hun-gry,
may we al-ways o-pen doors.
(Orator entry point “To the homeless and the hungry…”)**May the rest-less and the wear-y
find safe har-bour on our shores.
May she al-ways be our ‘Dream-time’ place
our spirit’s glad rel-ease:
may she al-ways be ou-r shel-ter,
may we al-ways live in peace.
Verse 3 repeat
(All sing) To the home-less and the hun-gry,
may we al-ways o-pen doors.
May the rest-less and the wear-y
find safe har-bour on our shores.
May she al-ways be our ‘Dream-time’ place
our spirit’s glad rel-ease:
may she al-ways be ou-r shel-ter,
may we al-ways live in peace.
[Tag]
May we al-ways live in peace.
Music and words by Eric Bogle