[00:11.980]'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
[00:16.630]When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
[00:21.130]I come in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.
[00:25.460]"Come in," she said,
[00:30.320]"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[00:37.410]And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured
[00:41.590]I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word
[00:46.010]In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm.
[00:50.090]"Come in," she said,
[00:51.830]"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[00:59.590]Not a word was spoke between us, there was no risk involved
[01:04.160]Nothing up to that point had even been resolved.
[01:08.810]Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm.
[01:12.850]"Come in," she said,
[01:14.550]"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[01:26.110]I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail,
[01:31.110]Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail,
[01:35.520]Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn.
[01:40.140]"Come in," she said,
[01:41.850]"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[01:53.320]Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there
[01:57.200]With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair.
[02:00.720]She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns.
[02:05.540]"Come in," she said,
[02:06.550]"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[02:17.640]Now there's a wall between us something there's been lost
[02:22.530]I took too much for granted got my signals crossed
[02:26.540]Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn
[02:31.540]"Come in," she said,
[02:33.210]"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[02:43.830]Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount
[02:49.030]But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts
[02:52.330]And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn.
[02:56.550]"Come in," she said,
[02:57.650]"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[03:09.220]I've heard newborn babies cryin' like a moanin' dove
[03:13.590]And old men with broken teeth stranded without love.
[03:18.640]Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?
[03:22.130]"Come in," she said,
[03:24.620]"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[03:34.240]In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes
[03:39.400]I bargained for salvation an' she give me a lethal dose.
[03:42.770]I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn.
[03:47.660]"Come in," she said,
[03:48.900]"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[03:59.770]Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line
[04:04.390]Beauty walks on a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine.
[04:09.190]If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born,
[04:13.340]"Come in," she said,
[04:16.480]"I'll give you shelter from the storm."