Shelter From The Storm (Live)

'Twas in another lifetime one of toil and blood

When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud

I come in from the wilderness a creature void of form

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm

And if I pass this way again you can rest assured

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 you shelter from the storm

Not a word was spoke between us there was no risk involved

Nothing up to that point had even been resolved

Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm

I was burned out from exhaustion buried in the hail

Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail

Hunted like a crocodile ravaged in the corn

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm

Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' 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 you shelter from the storm

Now the bonds are broken but they can be retied

By one more journey to the woods the holes where spirits hide

It's a never ending battle for a peace that's always torn

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm

Well the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount

But nothing really matters much it's doom alone that counts

And the one-eyed undertaker he blows a futile horn

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm

I've heard newborn babies cryin' like a moanin' dove

And old men with broken teeth stranded without love

Do I understand your question man is it hopeless and forlorn

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm

And now there's a wall between us something else been lost

I took too much for granted I got my signals crossed

And just to think it all began on an uneventful morn

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm

In a little hilltop village they gambled for my clothes

I bargained for salvation an' she give me a lethal dose

I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm

Well I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line

Beauty walks on a razor's edge someday 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 you shelter from the storm