Shelter From the Storm

Bob Dylan / Bob Dylan: The Essential Bob Dylan (2000)

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	'Twas in another	life time,	One of toil and	blood.

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When blackness was a	virtue - And the	road was full of mud.

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	I came in from the	wilderness, A	creature void of form.

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:

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:

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:

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:

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':

Well the deputy walks on hard nails - And the preacher rides a mount.

But nothing really matters, lad, It's doom alone that counts.

And the one-eyed undertaker - He blows a futile horn:

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:

In a little hill top village - They gambled for my clothes,

I bargained for salvation - And she gave me a leathal dose.

I offered up my innocence - And got repaid with scorn:

Well I'm livin' in a foreign country, But I'm bound to cross the line.

Beauty walks a razors edge, Someday I'll make it mine.

If I could only turn the clock back - To when God and her were born: