Jimmy Buffett - In The Shelter

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By: Jimmy Buffett
1971
In the shelter
In the mornin` as the sun was brightly gleaming
I heard her crying out, "What is it all about?
I just don`t know, but I can`t go back home."

Lonely princess
All the days out on your own are growing empty
Nothing is going well
If you could only tell them how you feel
They`re too real to understand

Chorus:
Too many small suggestions
Ending in forced repressions long ago
Too many innocent faces
And too many far out places something`s wrong
Let me tell you that something`s wrong
It`s been that way so long, and it`s a shame

On the street car
To the city where she knows that she may lose it all
Riding for just a dime, takin` her own sweet time
And knowing well this could be her final fall

Past the boutique
To the alley down the river, people pass her by
She sits on the big gray rocks, takes off her boots and socks
Not knowing what she will do next just starts to cry

Chorus:
Too many wild rejections
Endin` in angry questions from her dad
Too many T.V. dinners
Aw, everyone loves a winner, but she was lost
No one knows the trials she had

In the shelter
In the mornin` as the sun was brightly gleaming
I heard her crying out, "What is it all about?"
I just don`t know, but I can`t go back home."

Lord, I just don`t know, but I can`t go back home.

Release History

1982

Change In Attitudes / Havana Daydreamin'

1. Change In Lattitudes, Changes In Attitudes
2. Wonder Why We Ever Go Home
3. Landfall
4. Tampico Trauma
5. Biloxi (5:38)
6. Margaritaville
7. In The Shelter (3:36)
8. Miss You So Badly
9. Banana Republics (5:11)
10. Lovely Cruise (3:54)
11. Havana Daydreamin'
12. Cliches
13. Something So Feminine About A Mandolin
14. The Captain and The Kid
15. Big Rig
16. My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, And I Don't Love Jesus
17. Defying Gravity
18. This Hotel Room
19. Woman Goin' Crazy On Caroline Street
20. Kick It In Second Wind

1993

Before The Beach

1. Ellis Dee (2:45)
2. The Missionary (3:31)
3. A Mile High in Denver (3:01)
4. The Capitan And The Kid (3:10)
5. Capitan America (3:18)
6. Turnabout (4:16)
7. There's Nothin' Soft About Hard Times (3:19)
8. I Can't Be Your Hero Today (2:54)
9. Truckstop Salvation (5:49)
10. Ace (3:15)
11. Rockefeller Square (2:19)
12. Bend a Little (2:59)
13. In The Shelter (3:36)
14. Death Valley Lives (3:40)
15. Livingston's Gone to Texas
16. England (2:54)
17. Travelin' Clean (3:07)
18. The Hang-out Gang (3:39)
19. God Don't Own a Car (2:58)
20. High Cumberland Jubilee / Comin' Down Slow (5:09)
21. Cumberland High Dilemma (3:00)

1977

Changes In Lattitudes Changes In Attitudes

1. Changes In Lattitudes, Changes In Attitudes (3:15)
2. Wonder Why We Ever Go Home
3. Banana Republics (5:11)
4. Tampico Trauma
5. Lovely Cruise (3:54)
6. Margaritaville
7. In The Shelter (3:36)
8. Miss You So Badly
9. Biloxi (5:38)
10. Landfall

1976

High Cumberland Jubliee

1. Ace (3:15)
2. Rockefeller Square (2:19)
3. Bend a Little (2:59)
4. In The Shelter (3:36)
5. Death Valley Lives (3:40)
6. Livingston's Gone to Texas
7. England (2:54)
8. Travelin' Clean (3:07)
9. The Hangout Gang (3:40)
10. God Don't Own a Car (2:58)
11. High Cumberland Jubilee / Comin' Down Slow (5:09)