[00:09.90]'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
[00:14.01]When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
[00:18.80]I come in from the wilderness, a creature void of form
[00:22.89]"Come in!" she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[00:35.64]And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured
[00:40.02]I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word
[00:44.21]In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm
[00:48.90]"Come in!" she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[00:57.72]Not a word was spoke between us there was no risk involved
[01:03.01]Everything up to that point had been left unresolved
[01:07.13]Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm
[01:11.00]"Come in!" she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[01:24.63]I was burned out from exhaustion buried in the hail
[01:29.85]Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail
[01:34.00]Hunted like a crocodile ravaged in the corn
[01:38.09]"Come in!" she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[01:51.10]Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there
[01:54.95]With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair
[01:59.31]She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns
[02:03.83]"Come in!" she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[02:16.07]Now there’s a wall between us something else been lost
[02:20.35]I took too much for granted, I got my signals crossed
[02:25.09]And just to think it all began on an uneventful morn
[02:29.43]"Come in!" she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[02:41.57]Well  the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount
[02:46.20]But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts
[02:50.00]And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn
[02:54.32]"Come in!" she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[03:07.12]I've heard newborn babies cryin' like a moanin' dove
[03:11.50]And old men with broken teeth stranded without love
[03:15.60]Do I understand your question man is it hopeless and forlorn
[03:20.10]"Come in!" she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[03:32.47]In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes
[03:36.96]I bargained for salvation, they gave me a lethal dose
[03:41.48]I offered up my innocence, got repaid with scorn
[03:45.65]"Come in!" she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."
[03:57.81]I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line
[04:02.34]Beauty walks on a razor's edge  someday I'll make it mine
[04:06.38]But I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born
[04:10.75]"Come in!" she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm."