Shelter Through the Night

**Verse 1**

Where the Rogue River runs so cold,

There's a thousand stories left untold.

Beneath the pines, beneath the rain,

The streets remember every name.

The hungry sleep beneath the skies,

While passing strangers turn their eyes.

But through the dark, one truth still grows:

We keep each other when hope grows low.

**Chorus**

So hold the line, and hold on tight,

Be someone's shelter through the night.

When all the world has turned away,

Love is the light that makes us stay.

For trust is stronger than the cold,

And hearts together won't be sold.

**Verse 2**

Where crooked badges hide the truth,

And broken promises rob our youth,

Where poison steals another day,

And desperate souls are cast away.

The streets belong to those who care,

Who see the lost and meet them there.

For no law's worth the lives we save,

And love's the strength the desperate crave.

**Chorus**

So hold the line, and hold on tight,

Be someone's shelter through the night.

When all the world has turned away,

Love is the light that makes us stay.

For trust is stronger than the cold,

And hearts together won't be sold.

**Bridge**

And if tomorrow brings the rain,

We'll stand together through the pain.

No crown, no badge, no wall of stone,

Can break the hearts that call us home.

**Final Chorus**

So hold the line, and hold on tight,

We'll be each other's morning light.

Though Medford's nights are dark and long,

Together we are still strong.

For trust is stronger than the cold,

And love's the wealth we'll always hold.