John Williamson Shelter song lyrics

You can almost touch the ocean

Shimmering in the distant haze,

As you stand there on the mountain

On this loveliest day of days.

Round half the world you've drifted

Left no wild oats unsown,

But now your view has shifted

And you think you've just come home.

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And you're drowning in the sunshine

As it pours down from the sky,

And there's something stirring in your heart

Bright colours fill your eyes.

As from here to the far horizon

Your beauty does unfold,

And oh, you look so lovely

Dressed in green and gold.

To the homeless and the hungry

May we always open doors,

May the restless and the weary

Find safe harbour on our shores.

May she always be our dreamtime place

Our spirit's glad release,

May she always be our shelter

May we always live in peace.

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