Need Shelter

Official Video by Schlee & Francesco Echo

Lyric Video by Deren Ney

 
 

Jaime Wyatt recorded Neal Casal’s “Need Shelter” (Sweeten The Distance, 2011) for the tribute album, Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal.

BAND: Jaime Wyatt - Vocal · Jon Graboff - Acoustic Guitar · Jeff Hill - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocal · Alex Koford - Backing Vocal · Tony Leone - Drums · Adam MacDougall - Organ · Jim Scott - Tambourine · Brian Whelan - Acoustic Guitar

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“I chose Neal’s song Need Shelter because I could relate and I think that Neal had a way of writing lyrics that were universally emotional and cathartic. It’s such a poignant way to say, ‘I don’t need to hide but I do need shelter.’  ’” 

— Jaime Wyatt

Photo by Neal Casal, April 2019

 
 

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 Lyrics | Need Shelter

Looking up at the pictures on his wall
Gazing out of his windows hoping one of them might fall
Sometimes 
I just can't forgive myself of anything
I don't get around too much here anymore
I used to fly high every night but lately I’ve hit the wall
I'm so tired
I just can't convince myself of anything
At all

I don't need to hide but I do need shelter
I've been running wide awake too long
So if you take one chance on a two time user
Never again will you be left alone
Never again will you be left alone

I was once a young girl in my prime
Long hair raining down my neck 
Fingers so long and fine
Sometimes
I just can't forget myself 
And all those things
The night to me is like an open wound
Every friend that I've ever lost 
And their stories come pouring through me
I'm so tired 
I just can't strip myself of anything
I used to know

I don't need to hide but I do need shelter
I've been running wide awake too long
So if you take one chance on a two time loser
Never again will you be left alone

I don't need to hide but I do need shelter
I've been living fast asleep too long
So if you take one chance on a two time loser
Never again will you be left alone
Never again will you be left alone
Never again will you be left alone

 
 
 

“Need Shelter” appears on Sweeten The Distance (2011)