Lyrics to
The Shelter Of Your Arms

This version of The Shelter Of Your Arms was released by Neil Diamond in 1979.

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In this cold world
No matter where I go
The crowds 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

In this cold world
You struggle to survive
And sometimes
You can fall
You think someone
Would lend a helping hand
They’d sooner see you crawl
But just when life itself
Seems more than I can bear
You’re there

And in the shelter of your arms
I can find strength and safety and then
I rise and 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

But just when life itself
Seems more than I can bear
You’re there
And in the shelter of your arms
I can find strength and safety
And then
I rise and start again

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Neil Diamond has released many songs over the years besides The Shelter Of Your Arms. Neil Diamond released songs from 1966 to 2005 spanning across albums like The Feel Of Neil, Velvet Gloves And Spit, Touching You, Touching Me, Sweet Caroline, Tap Root Manuscript, Stones, Do It, Moods, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Serenade, Beautiful Noise, I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight, You Don't Bring Me Flowers, September Morn, The Jazz Singer, On The Way To The Sky, Heartlight, Primitive, Headed For The Future, The Best Years Of Our Lives, Lovescape, The Christmas Album, Up On The Roof: Songs From The Brill Building, The Christmas Album Volume Two, In My Lifetime, Tennessee Moon, and 12 Songs. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Neil Diamond.

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The lyrics to The Shelter Of Your Arms are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Neil Diamond in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to The Shelter Of Your Arms are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Neil Diamond and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for The Shelter Of Your Arms back when it was created.

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