Shelter from the Storm-Academy Allstars

[ti:Shelter from the Storm] [ar:Academy Allstars] [al:A Tribute to the Best Selling Music Artists USA Vol. 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Shelter from the Storm - Academy Allstars [00:26.20]Twas in another lifetime one of toil and blood [00:30.44]When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud [00:34.82]I come in from the wilderness a creature void of form [00:39.04]"Come in " she said [00:39.75]"I'll give you shelter from the storm " [00:47.52]And if I pass this way again you can rest assured [00:51.71]I'll always do my best for her on that I give my word [00:56.09]In a world of steel-eyed death [00:57.36]And men who are fighting to be warm [01:00.15]"Come in " she said [01:00.88]"I'll give you shelter from the storm " [01:03.72] [01:09.33]Not a word was spoke between us [01:11.37]There was no risk involved [01:13.98]Nothing up to that point had even been resolved [01:15.95] [01:18.33]Try imagining a place where [01:20.50]It's always safe and warm [01:22.54]"Come in " she said [01:23.25]"I'll give you shelter from the storm " [01:34.75]I was burned out from exhaustion [01:37.55]Buried in the hail [01:39.64]Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail [01:43.86]Hunted like a crocodile ravaged in the corn [01:47.91]"Come in " she said [01:48.63]"I'll give you shelter from the storm " [01:55.07] [02:00.42]Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there [02:04.50]With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair [02:08.72]She walked up to me so gracefully [02:11.02]And took my crown of thorns [02:13.00]"Come in " she said [02:14.12]"I'll give you shelter from the storm " [02:18.11] [02:38.89]Now the bonds are broken but they can be retied [02:42.86]By one more journey to the woods [02:45.09]The holes where spirits hide [02:47.16]It's a never ending battle for a peace that's always torn [02:50.15] [02:51.11]"Come in " she said [02:51.99]"I'll give you shelter from the storm " [02:56.93] [03:04.76]Well the deputy walks on hard nails [03:06.86]And the preacher rides a mount [03:09.20]But nothing really matters much [03:11.08]It's doom alone that counts [03:13.31]And the one-eyed undertaker he blows a futile horn [03:17.56]"Come in " she said [03:18.42]"I'll give you shelter from the storm " [03:22.37] [03:29.74]I've heard newborn babies cryin' like a moanin' dove [03:33.91]And old men with broken teeth stranded without love [03:38.01]Do I understand your question man [03:40.26]Is it hopeless and forlorn [03:42.31]"Come in " she said [03:43.00]"I'll give you shelter from the storm " [03:45.60] [04:04.42]And now there's a wall between us [04:06.60]Something else been lost [04:08.57]I took too much for granted I got my signals crossed [04:12.56]And just to think it all began on an uneventful morn [04:16.99]"Come in " she said [04:17.98]"I'll give you shelter from the storm " [04:22.58] [04:29.16]In a little hilltop village they gambled for my clothes [04:33.40]I bargained for salvation an' they gave me a lethal dose [04:37.59]I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn [04:40.86] [04:41.55]"Come in " she said "I'll give you shelter from the storm" [04:45.42] [05:03.53]Well I'm livin' in a foreign country [05:05.68]But I'm bound to cross the line [05:08.17]Beauty walks on a razor's edge someday I'll make it mine [05:12.03]If I could only turn back the clock to when [05:14.42]God and her were born [05:16.26]"Come in " she said [05:16.92]"I'll give you shelter from the storm "