Shelter From The Storm lyrics

Artist  : Bob Dylan 
Song : Shelter From The Storm
 
I was 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
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 and 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 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 you shelter from the storm".

Now there's a wall between us something 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".

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 wailing like a mourning
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 and they 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".

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 you shelter from the storm".