Capercaillie - Shelter lyrics

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 'til it's through This ain't no ark of Noah No mockery of history A taxi ride to nowhere Just a drifting boat at sea This ain't no ark of Noah No mockery of history A taxi ride to nowhere Just a drifting boat at sea 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 ain't no ark of Noah No mockery of history A taxi ride to nowhere Just a drifting boat at sea Just drifting and biding time Drifting, it's no crime Drifting, flying by Drifting We're building a shelter On the edge of mount Verona It's a corrugated palace and refuge With a tree-lined avenue This ain't no ark of Noah No mockery of history A taxi ride to nowhere Just a drifting boat at sea Just drifting...