Shelter from the Storm

[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 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 ya

Shelter from the storm"

[Verse 3]

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 ya

Shelter from the storm"

[Verse 4]

I was burned out from exhaustion

Buried in the hail

Poisoned in the bushes

And blown out on the trail

Hunted like a crocodile

Ravaged 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 between us

Something there's been lost

I took too much for granted

I got 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 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 ya

Shelter from the storm

[Verse 8]

I've heard newborn babies wailing

Like a mourning dove

And old men with broken teeth

Stranded without love

Do I understand your question, then

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 salvation

And she gave me a lethal dose

I offered up my innocence

And I got repaid with scorn

"Come in," she said, "I'll give ya

Shelter from the storm"

[Verse 10]

Well, I'm living 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 ya

Shelter from the storm"