Shelter From The Storm

Twas in another lifetime one of toil and blood

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

I came 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 little risk involved

Everything up to that point had been left unresolved

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 there's a wall between us

Somethin' there's been lost

I took too much for granted got my signals crossed

Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn

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 wailin' like a mournin' 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

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

Beauty walks 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

Shelter from the storm