Shelter From the Storm

By Bob Dylan

'Twas in another life time,

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

I was 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 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 that all began

On an uneventfull 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

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 wailin'

Like a mornin' 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 hill top village

I gambled for my clothes

I bargained for salvation

And they gave me a leathal 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 livin' in a foreign country

But I'm bound to cross the line.

Beauty walk a razors edge,

Someday I'll make it mine.

If I could only turn the clock back

To when God and her were born

Come in she said

I'll give you

Shelter from the storm.

Be seeing you,

Kelwyn.

_________

He said that's alright babe,

I love you too.

But we were Tangled Up In Blue.

- Bob Dylan