Shelter from the Storm (Take 2) - Bob Dylan
Lyrics by：Bob Dylan
Composed by：Bob Dylan
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
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 keep warm
Come in she said
I'll give you shelter from the storm
Not a word was spoke between us
There was no 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
I got my signals crossed
Just to think it all
Began on a down a bing for 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
Well 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
In a little hilltop village
They gambled for my clothes
I bargained for salvation
She gave 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
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
