| Ever since I can remember |
| I always tried to do what’s right |
| «Just keep your chin up boy», they said |
| Don’t you ever try to back down |
| You gotta fight to get what’s yours |
| But sometimes the fight just ain’t there |
| Shelter me I am one who needs another |
| I’m a book without a cover |
| Cover me Shelter me, oh Like a child gently sleeping |
| Like a mother’s vigil keeping |
| Shelter me Out on a distant lonely highway |
| So many miles from anywhere |
| Gonna lay my trouble down |
| And I never will return now |
| I don’t need to look back now |
| Gotta find where love lies somehow |
| Shelter me, oh I am one who needs another |
| I’m a book without a cover |
| Cover me Shelter me, yeah |
| Like a child gently sleeping |
| Like a mother’s vigil keeping |
| Shelter me, yeah |
| Hold out my hand, I reach for you |
| I see your light |
| And I lay my body down |
| And you rush over me, rush over me Rush over me Shelter me, yeah |
| I am one who needs another |
| I’m a book without a cover |
| Can you see? |
| Shelter me Like a child gently sleeping |
| Like a mother’s vigil keeping |
| Shelter me Shelter me, yeah |
| I am one who needs another |
| I’m a book without a cover |
| Cover me Shelter me, oh Like a child gently sleeping |
| Like a mother’s vigil keeping |
| Shelter me Shelter me Like a mother’s vigil keeping, yeah |
| Shelter me |