Be My Shelter

I can't lie to myself anymore
It hurt when he closed the door
And left me out in the storm all alone
I tried calling out his name
I knocked on the door but the same
Answer was there; silence and despair


Oh, I am here in the pouring rain
Calling out his nameI am here in the pouring rain
Banished into love's cursing pain
Will you be my shelter?
I am here lashed by the cold
I long to escape before this moment is old
Will you be my shelter?
Will you be my shelter?
(Repeat x2)

Lost and lonely, where did I go wrong?
What happened to something started strong?
I don't know
I can't help shivering
Recalling the times you kissed my lips
Now the raindrops are replacing this
Why am I drowning in a storm
Abandoned by the one who brought me bliss?
Oh, I'm trembling

Oh, I am here in the pouring rain
Banished into love's cursing pain
Will you be my shelter?
I am here lashed by the cold
I long to escape before this moment is old
Will you be my shelter?
Will you be my shelter?It made no sense to wait here
I knew this would happen in the year
But I was too committed to you
The tension deepened even more
I miss so much who you were before
You've changed, but I'm the sameI am here in the pouring rain
Banished into love's cursing pain
Will you be my shelter?
I am here lashed by the cold
I long to escape before this moment is old
Will you be my shelter?
Will you be my shelter?

June

Hey June, you’re looking summery today

With those pretty tulips in your hair and the way your body sways

Hey June, you’re looking mighty fine

When you smile you inspire one of mine

Tell me June, how long you are staying?

Didn’t you say one month or are you playing?

Listen June, I’m kind of worried about the end

Of this joyful time in my life, what do you recommend?

You say summer comes and goes

Our favorite months shut like windows

All the games we play, visits to arcades

Blowing away in a breeze with far too much ease

Even when I say “please” you go

June never loved the snow

Come on June, let’s lay under the starry sky

If it rains and thunders we won’t ask why

Hurry June, you’re missing the pink sunrise

It’s so beautifully blinding to look in your bright eyes

Say June, after we share these few weeks

Would you mind if I pleasured longer in kissing your cheeks?

Oh June, how is it there’s only one of you?

If you didn’t pass me by each year, what would I do?

You say summer comes and goes

Our favorite months shut like windows

All the games we play, visits to arcades

Blowing away in a breeze with far too much ease

Even when I say “please” you go

June never loved the snow

June left, I was distraught

Lovely July tried to comfort me

But I told her if the first one is to go

Then the second will too, and I’ll be lonely

Only June knew how to wake the flowers

Only June made me enjoy the warm rain showers

I miss her hot embrace as she touched my blushing face

But she said summer comes and goes

Our favorite months shut like windows

All the games we play, visits to arcades

Blowing away in a breeze with far too much ease

Even when I say “please” you go

‘Cause summer comes and goes

Our favorite months shut like windows

All the games we play, visits to arcades

Blowing away in a breeze with far too much ease

Even when I say “please” you go

June never loved the snow

Hey June, how long are you staying?

Even if I’m just a summer romance I’ll keep waiting

Upside Down

Winter mornings in California

Does that make any sense?

Gloomy days, grey sunshine

Who am I to pretend?

I lie to myself every day

Waking up with the same feeling of shame

Why did I let myself say

That I didn’t want you calling my name?

Everything in the world, every part of my life

Is upside down now, my love

Because I released you like these tears I cry

Faking a smile is just not enough

I need you here, I need you now

But this blame is all on me

Wherever you are, someway, somehow

Know that I yearn for you so deeply

Empty skies on the fourth of July

3pm as black as can be

Can’t sleep, can’t close my eyes

Without dreaming of you with me

What did I do, a damn fool

Look at me now, dysfunctional

In the heat of summer, wrapped in wool

Because I’m cold away from your candle

Everything in the world, every part of my life

Is upside down now, my love

Because I released you like these tears I cry

Faking a smile is just not enough

I need you here, I need you now

But this blame is all on me

Wherever you are, someway, somehow

Know that I yearn for you so deeply

With each rise and each fall

I wait for your presence above all

Is that your face, am I crazy?

Why in the world would you remember me?

But I hope you know despite the mistakes I made

I’m lying on the ceiling, reaching for the ground

Praying you’ll be there to catch me

‘Cause everything in the world, every part of my life

Is upside down now, my love

Because I released you like these tears I cry

Faking a smile is just not enough

I need you here, I need you now

And I don’t know what to do

Wherever you are, someway, somehow

Know that I hurt, know that I miss you

Everything in the world, every part of my life

Is upside down now, my love

Because I released you like these tears I cry

Faking a smile is just not enough

I need you here, I need you now

But this blame is all on me

Wherever you are, someway, somehow

Know that I yearn for you

Know that I’ll always love you…so deeply