Shelter From The Storm [Explored 5/2/19 Thank You!]

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

 

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

 

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

 

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 ya 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 ya shelter from the storm

 

Now there's a wall between us, somethin' 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

 

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

 

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 ya shelter from the storm

 

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 I got repaid with scorn

 

Come in, she said

 

I'll give ya 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 ya shelter from the storm

 

(Bob Dylan)

Done