[00:01.95]
[00:10.26]Twas in another lifetime,
[00:12.62]One of toil and blood
[00:14.62]When blackness was a virtue the road
[00:17.13]Was full of mud
[00:19.27]I came in from the wilderness,
[00:21.37]A creature void of form
[00:23.57]Come in, she said
[00:24.70]I'll give ya shelter from the storm
[00:29.07]
[00:36.55]And if I pass this way again,
[00:38.36]You can rest assured
[00:40.66]I'll always do my best for her,
[00:42.67]On that I give my word
[00:44.98]In a world of steel-eyed death,
[00:47.24]And men who are fighting to be warm
[00:49.33]Come in, she said
[00:51.43]I'll give ya shelter from the storm
[00:55.60]
[00:58.42]Not a word was spoke between us,
[01:00.57]There was little risk involved
[01:03.48]Everything up to that point
[01:05.05]Had been left unresolved
[01:07.72]Try imagining a place
[01:09.46]Where it's always safe and warm
[01:11.46]Come in, she said
[01:13.26]I'll give ya shelter from the storm
[01:16.13]
[01:25.39]I was burned out from exhaustion,
[01:28.00]Buried in the hail
[01:30.41]Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out
[01:32.70]On the trail
[01:34.66]Hunted like a crocodile,
[01:36.36]Ravaged in the corn
[01:38.83]Come in, she said
[01:40.11]I'll give ya shelter from the storm
[01:48.10]
[01:51.61]Suddenly I turned around and
[01:53.24]She was standin' there
[01:55.50]With silver bracelets on her wrists
[01:57.51]And flowers in her hair
[01:59.81]She walked up to me so gracefully
[02:02.11]And took my crown of thorns
[02:04.31]Come in, she said
[02:05.44]I'll give ya shelter from the storm
[02:12.39]
[02:16.87]Now there's a wall between us,
[02:18.77]Somethin' there's been lost
[02:21.17]I took too much for granted,
[02:23.12]I got my signals crossed
[02:25.47]Just to think that it all began
[02:27.43]On an uneventful morn
[02:29.83]Come in, she said
[02:31.99]I'll give ya shelter from the storm
[02:36.09]
[02:42.14]Well, the deputy walks on hard nails
[02:43.98]And the preacher rides a mount
[02:46.66]But nothing really matters much,
[02:48.67]It's doom alone that counts
[02:50.87]And the one-eyed undertaker,
[02:52.92] He blows a futile horn
[02:55.16]Come in, she said
[02:56.24]I'll give ya shelter from the storm
[03:00.60]
[03:07.99]I've heard newborn babies wailin'
[03:09.98]Like a mournin' dove
[03:12.29]And old men with broken teeth stranded
[03:14.81]Without love
[03:16.46]Do I understand your question, man,
[03:18.50]Is it hopeless and forlorn
[03:20.76]Come in, she said
[03:22.15]I'll give ya shelter from the storm
[03:25.38]
[03:33.25]In a little hilltop village,
[03:35.19]They gambled for my clothes
[03:37.69]I bargained for salvation
[03:39.54]And she gave me a lethal dose
[03:41.95]I offered up my innocence
[03:44.17]I got repaid with scorn
[03:46.12]Come in, she said
[03:47.71]I'll give ya shelter from the storm
[03:50.52]
[03:58.71]Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country
[04:00.71]But I'm bound to cross the line
[04:03.17]Beauty walks a razor's edge,
[04:05.06]Someday I'll make it mine
[04:07.14]If I could only turn back the clock to
[04:09.71]When God and her were born
[04:11.34]Come in, she said
[04:12.67]I'll give ya shelter from the storm