Shelter From The Storm-Rodney Crowell

[ti:Shelter From The Storm] [ar:Rodney Crowell] [al:The Outsider] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Shelter From The Storm - Rodney Crowell [00:13.94]It was in another lifetime one of toil and blood [00:20.53]When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud [00:26.95]I came in from the wilderness a creature void of form [00:33.38]"Come in " she said [00:34.57]"I'll give you shelter from the storm " [00:40.08]And if I pass this way again you can rest assured [00:46.31]I'll always do my best for her on that I give my word [00:52.74]In a world of steel-eyed death and men who are fighting to stay warm [00:59.29]"Come in " she said [01:00.48]"I'll give you shelter from the storm " [01:05.53]Not a word was spoke between us there was little risk involved [01:12.10]Everything up to that point had been left unresolved [01:18.53]Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm [01:25.46]"Come in I will give you shelter from the storm " [01:31.80]You were burned out from exhaustion buried in the hail [01:38.59]Poisoned in the bushes blown out on the trail [01:44.91]Hunted like a crocodile ravaged in the corn [01:51.40]"Come in I will give you shelter from the storm " [01:58.13]Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there [02:04.44]With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair [02:10.91]She walked up to me gracefully and took my crown of thorns [02:17.34]"Come in " she said [02:18.40]"I'll give you shelter from the storm " [02:23.70]Now there's a wall between us somethin' there's been lost [02:30.36]I took too much for granted I got my signals crossed [02:36.68]Just to think that it all began on a noneventful morn [02:43.18]"Come in " I said [02:44.50]"I'll give you shelter from the storm " [02:51.29]Well the deputy walks on hard nails the preacher rides a mount [02:58.01]But nothing really matters much it's doom alone that counts [03:04.53]The one-eyed undertaker he blows his futile horn [03:10.74]"Come in " she said [03:11.98]"I'll give you shelter from the storm " [03:17.66]-music- [03:47.93]I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mournin' dove [03:54.96]And old men with their broken teeth stranded without love [04:01.00]Do I understand your question man is it hopeless and forlorn [04:08.17]"Come in " she said [04:09.43]"I'll give you shelter from the storm " [04:14.04]In a little hilltop village they gamble for my clothes [04:20.60]You'll bargain for salvation and they give you a lethal dose [04:27.22]You'll offer up your innocence and get repaid with scorn [04:33.65]"Come in I will give you shelter from the storm " [04:41.50]Now I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line [04:46.39] [04:48.52]Beauty walks a razor's edge someday I'll make it mine [04:54.58]If I could only turn back the hands of time to when you and God were born [05:01.26]I know that I could give you [05:04.63]Shelter from the storm [05:07.93]Come in and I will give you shelter from the storm