SHELTER FROM THE STORM

T' was in another lifetime, one of toil and blood When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud He came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form Come in, she said, I'll give you shelter from the storm And if he passed this way again, you can rest assured He'd always do my best for her, on that he gave his 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 them 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 He was burned out from exhaustion, 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 he turned around and she was standing there With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair She walked up to him so gracefully and took his crown of thorns Come in, she said, I'll give you shelter from the storm Now there's a wall between them, something there's been lost He took too much for granted and he got his signals crossed Just to think that it all began on an uneventful 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 then, is it hopeless and forlorn? Come in, she said, I'll give you shelter from the storm Well, he's livin' in a foreign country But he's bound to cross the line Beauty walks a razor's edge he says someday I'll make you 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 Shelter from the storm Shelter from the storm