Bob Dylan Lyrics

Album: BLOOD ON THE TRACKS

Shelter From The Storm Lyrics

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".