Shelter From The Storm

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Intro

Verse 1

'Twas

in another

lifetime,

one of toil and

blood

When

blackness was a

virtue the

road was full of mud

I came in from the

wilderness, a

creature void of form

Come

in, she said, I'll give

ya

shelter from the

storm

Verse 2

And if

I pass this way a

gain you

can rest ass

ured

I'll

always do my

best for her, on

that I give my word

In a

world of steel-eyed

death and men who are

fighting to be warm

Come

in, she said, I'll give

ya

shelter from the

storm

Verse 3

Not a

word was spoke be

tween us, there was

little risk invo

lved

Everything up to

that point had been

left unresolved

Try imagi

ning a place where it's

always safe and warm

Come

in, she said, I'll give

ya sh

elter from the

storm

Verse 4

I was burned out from ex

haustion,

buried in the ha

il

Poisoned in the

bushes and blown

out on the trail

Hunted like a

crocodile, ra

vaged in the corn

Come

in, she said, I'll give

ya

shelter from the

storm

Verse 5

Suddenly I

turned around and

she was standing

there

With

silver bracelets

on her wrists and

flowers in her hair

She

walked up to me so

gracefully and

took my crown of thorns

Come

in, she said, I'll give

ya

shelter from the

storm

Verse 6

Now there's a wall be

tween us,

somethin' there's been

lost

I took too much for

granted, I g

ot my signals crossed

Just to think that it

all began on an

uneventful morn

Come

in, she said, I'll give

ya

shelter from the

storm

Verse 7

Well, the

deputy walks on

hard nails and the

preacher rides a mo

unt

But

nothing really

matters much, it's

doom alone that counts

And the

one-eyed under

taker, he

blows a futile horn

Come

in, she said, I'll give

ya

shelter from the

storm

Verse 8

I've heard newborn b

abies wailin' l

ike a mournin' d

ove

And

old men with

broken teeth str

anded without love

Do I

understand your

question, man, is it

hopeless and forlorn

Come

in, she said, I'll

give ya

shelter from the

storm

Verse 9

In a

little hilltop

village, they

gambled for my

clothes

I

bargained for sal

vation and she

gave me a lethal dose

I

offered up my

innocence, I

got repaid with scorn

Come

in, she said, I'll give

ya

shelter from the

storm

Verse 10

Well, I'm

livin' in a foreign

country but I'm

bound to cross the

line

Beauty walks a

razor's edge, some

day I'll make it mine

If I could

only turn

back the clock to when

God and her were born

Come

in, she said, I'll give

ya

shelter from the

storm

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