BOB DYLAN - Shelter From The Storm lyrics
rate me'twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood<br>When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud<br>I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.<br>Come in, she said,<br>I'll give you shelter from the storm.<br><br>And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured<br>I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word<br>In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm.<br>Come in, she said,<br>I'll give you shelter from the storm.<br><br>Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved<br>Everything up to that point had been left unresolved.<br>Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm.<br>Come in, she said,<br>I'll give you shelter from the storm.<br><br>I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail,<br>Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail,<br>Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn.<br>Come in, she said,<br>I'll give you shelter from the storm.<br><br>Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there<br>With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair.<br>She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns.<br>Come in, she said,<br>I'll give you shelter from the storm.<br><br>Now there's a wall between us, somethin' there's been lost<br>I took too much for granted, got my signals crossed.<br>Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn.<br>Come in, she said,<br>I'll give you shelter from the storm.<br><br>Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount<br>But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts<br>And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn.<br>Come in, she said,<br>I'll give you shelter from the storm.<br><br>I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mournin' dove<br>And old men with broken teeth stranded without love.<br>Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn? <br>Come in, she said,<br>I'll give you shelter from the storm.<br><br>In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes<br>I bargained for salvation an' they gave me a lethal dose.<br>I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn.<br>Come in, she said,<br>I'll give you shelter from the storm.<br><br>Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line<br>Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine.<br>If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born.<br>Come in, she said,<br>I'll give you shelter from the storm.
