Shelter from the storm    (video)

 

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1. 'Twas in another life time, one of toil and blood,

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    when blackness was a virtue, and the road was full of mud,

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    I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form,

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    "Come in," she said, "I'll give you, shelter from the storm."

 

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2. And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured,

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    I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word.

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    In a world of steel-eyed death and men who are fighting to be warm,

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    "Come in," she said, "I'll give you, shelter from the storm."

 

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3. Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved,

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    everything up to that point had been left unresolved.

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    Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm,

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    "Come in," she said, "I'll give you, shelter from the storm."

 

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4. I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail,

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    poisoned in the bushes, and blown out on the trail.

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    Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn,

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    "Come in," she said, "I'll give you, shelter from the storm."

 

 

 

 

 

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5.      Suddenly I turned around and she was standing there,

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    with silver bracelets on her wrists, and flowers in her hair.

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    She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns,

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    "Come in," she said, "I'll give you, shelter from the storm."

 

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6. Now there's a wall between us, something has been lost,

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    I took too much for granted, I got my signals crossed.

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    Just to think that all began on an uneventful morn,

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    "Come in," she said, "I'll give you, shelter from the storm."

 

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7. Well, the deputy walks on hard nails, and the preacher rides a mount,

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    but nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts.

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    And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn,

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    "Come in," she said, "I'll give you, shelter from the storm."

 

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8. I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mornin' dove,

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    and old men with broken teeth stranded without love.

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    Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn ?

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    "Come in," she said, "I'll give you, shelter from the storm."

 

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9. In a little hill top village they gambled for my clothes,

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    I bargained for salvation, and they gave me a lethal dose.

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    I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn,

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    "Come in," she said, "I'll give you, shelter from the storm."

 

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10. Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country, but I'm bound to cross the line,

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    beauty walks on razor’s edge, someday I'll make it mine.

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    If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born,

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    "Come in," she said, "I'll give you, shelter from the storm."

 

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(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Bob Dylan)