Shelter from the Storm by  Bob Dylan

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E B A E 'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood E B A When blackness was a virtue, the road was full of mud E B A I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form E B A E B A E Come in she said I'll give you shelter from the storm E B A E

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 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 its 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 has been lost I took too much for granted, I got my signals crossed Just to think how it all began on a non-eventful morn Come in she said I'll give you shelter from the storm

Well, the deputy walks on hot nails and the preacher rides amount But nothing really matters much, its 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 new-born babies wailing like a moanin' dove And old men with broken teeth stranded without love Do I understand your question then, is it hopeless and forlorn? Come in she said I'll give you shelter from the storm

In a little hill-top village they gambled for my clothes I bargained for salvation and 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 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 [outro]

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