Shelter

We're building a shelter

on the edge of mount Verona

It's a corrugated palace

with a tree lined avenue

If you're frightened of the future

and you're watching o'er your shoulder

If you're getting kind of anxious and nervous

Come and stay here till it's through

This a'int no ark of Noah

no mockery of history

a taxi ride to nowhere

just a drifting boat at sea

Repeat

My sister is working

for every day pleasure

the car in the driveway gleaming

the kids watching MTV

She was born to the Parish

says there's no way of leaving

says her rainbow is slowly fading ... fading

This aint no ark of Noah

no mockery of history

a taxi ride to nowhere

Just a drifting boat at sea

This aint no ark of Noah

no mockery of history

a taxi ride to nowhere

just a drifting boat at