Song: I'll Be Your Shelter (Just Like a Shelter)
Artist: The Housemartins
Album: London 0 Hull 4 (1986)
Lyrics in (brackets) are sung by the backing singers/choir.
Intro
/ (x2)
Verse
In times when you're troubled
Seems more than you can afford
And you feel, you feel you need a friend
Someone to share the load
Chorus
And when your skies grow cloudy
I want you to know got a friend that's true
Just like a shelter, in a time of storm
I'll see you through, that's what I'll do
Verse
When your dreams are scattered
Just like the wind blown sand
And you feel, you feel you need a friend
I'll be there, reach out your hand
Chorus
And when the tempest is raging
I want you to know got a friend that's true
Just like a shelter, in a time of storm
I'll see you through, that's what I'll do
Verse
I'll see you through your bad times
I'll see you through your fears
I'll see you through your hang ups
Honey I'll dry all your tears
Chorus
And when the tempest is raging
I want you to know got a friend that's true
Just like a shelter, in a time of storm
I'll see you through, that's what I'll do
Bridge
I will see you through, I will see you through
I will see you through, I will see you through, Let me hear the choir
(I will see you through, I will see you through) Oh yeah
(I will see you through, I will see you through)
When my load got heavy, did you see me through?
When my load got too hard to bear, did you see me through?
What would you do? (I will see you through)
What would you do? (I will see you through)
What would you do? (I will see you through)
What would you do? (I will see you through)
Let me hear you break it down now
Let me hear you bring it up
Let me hear you take it higher
Let me hear you take it higher
Higher
Higher
Just bring it down a little bit
/ (x6 with a few 'Oh yeahs')
If you're living on the dole and there's no sugar in your bowl
All you need to do is give a little knock
Don't despair he'll be there with his loving and his care
Marx will work for us right around the clock, he's alright
Outro
He's alright (he's alright)
He's alright (he's alright)
-repeat several times and finish on a C-