Shelter

1

When we’re the broken

standing next to the lonely

Are we any better

Than what we came here

To forget ?

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I’m just out here

Looking for a shelter

She reminds me

Shelter is also a human touch

2

Are we getting better ?

Has anything really changed?

Children of poor fathers and broken mothers

Repeating the same routines –

She said she loved a girl –

What is Love anyhow-

She said

Don’t tell me you’ll stay forever

Just tell me when you’re ready to leave

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Have we come here to make these things better, how can we come together…

3

Walk with me

Just a mile

4

Is my flesh so weak

Am I really so broken down

Can I – I would that I could

The storm keeps on blowing

The waters keep on rising

It’s not the swimming

It’s not the drowning

It’s only the breathing

5

She pulls me back together

She settles me down

Red hair

Her lips

Her kiss

And she settles all my broken bones

And

I don’t have to walk these roads

6

Are we getting better?

Or are we just the same …

You know, I can’t remember what I came here to forget…