Eric Bogle Shelter Lyrics

Shelter Lyrics

Now I'm drowning in the sunshine as it falls down from the sky
There's
something stirring in my heart, bright colours fill my eyes
It's from here
to the far horizon your beauty does unfold
And oh, you look so lovely,
dressed in green and gold

I can almost touch the ocean, shimmering in
the distant haze
As I stand here on this mountain on this loveliest of
days
Around half the world I've drifted, left no wild oats unsown
But now
my view has shifted and I think I've just come home

To the homeless and
the hungry, may we always open doors
May the restless and the weary find
safe harbour on our shores
May you always be our dreamtime place, a spirit's
glad release
May you always be our shelter, may we always live in
peace

Now I'm drowning in the sunshine as it falls down from the
sky
There's something stirring in my heart, bright colours fill my
eyes
It's from here to the far horizon your beauty does unfold
And oh,
you look so lovely, dressed in green and gold