Shelter From The Storm-Mary Lee's Corvette

[ti:Shelter From The Storm] [ar:Mary Lee's Corvette] [al:Blood On The Tracks] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Shelter From The Storm - Mary Lee's Corvette [00:14.94]It was in another lifetime [00:17.24]One of toil and blood [00:19.18]When blackness was [00:20.28]A virtue the road was full of mud [00:23.52]I came in from the wilderness [00:26.17]A creature void of form [00:28.13]Come in she said [00:29.45]I'll give ya shelter from the storm [00:33.48] [00:41.00]And if I pass this way again [00:43.44]You can rest assured [00:45.05]I'll always do my best for her [00:47.64]On that I give my word [00:49.81]In a world of steel eyed death [00:51.63]And men who are fighting to be warm [00:54.26]Come in she said [00:55.49]I'll give ya shelter from the storm [00:59.68] [01:06.80]Not a word was spoke between us [01:08.63]There was little risk involved [01:10.92]Everything up to that point [01:13.25]Had been left unresolved [01:15.67]Try imagining a place where [01:17.99]It's always safe and warm [01:19.83]Come in she said [01:21.31]I'll give ya shelter from the storm [01:25.04] [01:32.48]I was burned out from exhaustion buried in the hail [01:37.00]Poisoned in the bushes and blown out on the trail [01:41.79]Hunted like a crocodile ravaged in the corn [01:45.88]Come in she said [01:47.05]I'll give ya shelter from the storm [01:50.51] [01:58.49]Suddenly I turned around [02:00.75]And she was standin' there [02:02.50] [02:03.12]With silver bracelets on her wrists [02:05.09]And flowers in her hair [02:07.03]She walked up to me so gracefully [02:09.69]And took my crown of thorns [02:11.62]Come in she said [02:12.97]I'll give ya shelter from the storm [02:16.75] [02:24.31]Now there's a wall between us [02:26.40]Somethin' there's been lost [02:28.48]I took too much for granted [02:30.68]I got my signals crossed [02:33.15]Just to think that [02:34.22]It all began on an uneventful morn [02:37.44]Come in she said [02:38.63]I'll give ya shelter from the storm [02:43.11] [02:49.78]Well the deputy walks on hard nails [02:52.08]And the preacher rides a mount [02:54.22]But nothing really matters much [02:56.29]It's doom alone that counts [02:58.66]And the one eyed undertaker [03:00.72]He blows a futile horn [03:03.04]Come in she said [03:04.20]I'll give ya shelter from the storm [03:07.54] [03:15.61]In a little hilltop village [03:17.67]They gambled for my clothes [03:19.81]I bargained for salvation [03:21.86]And she gave me a lethal dose [03:24.44]I offered up my innocence [03:26.84]I got repaid with scorn [03:29.02]Come in she said [03:30.09]I'll give ya shelter from the storm [03:34.29] [03:41.20]Well I'm livin' in a foreign country but [03:43.65]I'm bound to cross the line [03:45.94]Beauty walks a razor's edge [03:47.96]Someday I'll make it mine [03:50.21]If I could only turn back the clock to [03:52.57]When god and her were born [03:54.51]Come in she said [03:55.81]I'll give ya shelter from the storm