The Shelter Of Your Arms (Performed Live On The Ed Sullivan Show 2/2/64)

In this cold world, no matter where I go

The clouds are all the same

To them, I'm just a pebble in the sand, a face without a name

Nobody gives a hang for what I say or do, but you

And in the shelter of your arms, I find peace and comfort and care

For I am wanted there (wanted there)

In this cold world, I struggle to survive

And sometimes I would fall

You think someone would lend a helping hand

They'd sooner see me crawl

But just when life itself

Seems more than I can bear, you're there

And in the shelter of your arms

I find strength and safety and then

I rise and start again (start again)

Just give me one good reason to go on living

To keep on trying, for what?

I ask you, for what?

If not for you, and all your love to see me through

When times look bad

The shelter of your arms will keep away each fear

And this cold world

Can never get me down as long as you are near

That's why I pray to God you'll never say goodbye

And I will know the shelter of your arms

And your love through all of my life

Until the day I die (day I die)