Shelter from the Storm Lyrics by Bob Dylan

0:09It was in another lifetime, one of toil and blood

0:13When blackness was a virtue the road was full of mud

0:18I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form

0:22Come in, she said

0:23"I'll give you shelter from the storm"

0:28♪

0:35And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured

0:39I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word

0:44In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm

0:48Come in, she said

0:49"I'll give you shelter from the storm"

0:54♪

0:57Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved

1:02Everything up to that point had been left unresolved

1:06Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm

1:10Come in, she said

1:12"I'll give you shelter from the storm"

1:16♪

1:24I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail

1:29Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail

1:34Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn

1:37Come in, she said

1:39"I'll give you shelter from the storm"

1:43♪

1:50Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there

1:54With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair

1:58She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns

2:03Come in," she said

2:04"I'll give you shelter from the storm"

2:09♪

2:15Now there's a wall between us, somethin' there's been lost

2:20I took too much for granted, I got my signals crossed

2:24Just to think that it all began on a noneventful morn

2:29Come in, she said

2:30"I'll give you shelter from the storm"

2:34♪

2:41Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount

2:45But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts

2:49And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn

2:53Come in, she said

2:55"I'll give you shelter from the storm"

2:59♪

3:06I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mournin' dove

3:11And old men with broken teeth stranded without love

3:15Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?

3:20Come in, she said

3:21"I'll give you shelter from the storm"

3:25♪

3:31In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes

3:36I bargained for salvation an' she gave me a lethal dose

3:40I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn

3:45Come in, she said

3:46"I'll give you shelter from the storm"

3:51♪

3:57Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line

4:01Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine

4:05If I could only turn back the clock to when god and her were born

4:10Come in, she said

4:11"I'll give you shelter from the storm"

4:14♪