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
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 re-tied
on one more journey
to the woods
that holds my spirit tight
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
crying 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
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
In a little hilltop village
they gambled for my clothes
I bargained for salvation
an' just 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 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