| Shelter Song August 2016 1. Made my
bed for the night in a doorway off the street
But the late-night city drinkers they won’t let me go asleep
All I want is a pillow that isn’t made of stone
Give me shelter from the storm
2. I want a small patch of earth with a personal address
A fire would be good but I’d be happy having less
Just a stove in the kitchen that I can call my own
Give me shelter from the storm
Chorus
Give me shelter, give me somewhere safe and warm
Just a door with a number that I can call a home
Give me shelter, give me shelter
Give me shelter from the storm
3. There’s a property ladder but the rungs are all cut through
A mountain’s worth of red tape that’s blocking out the view
Faceless bureaucracy wherever I may roam
Give me shelter from the storm
|
4. The Right to Buy became a Right to Let
A savings plan became a mounting debt
Who needs a house when you’ve got a retail zone?
Give me shelter from the storm
Chorus
5. Old Gerard Winstanley, he famously declared
“The earth’s a common treasury for everyone to share”
But someone pawned the treasure for a pay-day loan
Give me shelter from the storm
6. From my doorway on the street as I look across the town
I can see the High Street banks that are standing all around
Their money’s keeping warm while I’m freezing to my bones
Give me shelter from the storm
Chorus
|