Shelter From The Storm

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[Verse 1]
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'Twas in another lifetime   
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One of toil and blood
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When blackness was a virtue   The 
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road was full of mud
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I came in from the wilderness   A 
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creature void of form
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Come in she said I'll give ya   
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Shelter from the storm


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[Verse 2]
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And if I pass this way again   
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You can rest assured
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I'll always do my best for her   On
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 that I give my word
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In a world of steel-eyed death and
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 men  Who are fighting to be warm
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Come in she said I'll give ya   
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Shelter from the storm


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Not a word was spoke between us  
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 There was little risk involved
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Everything up to that point   Had 
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been left unresolved
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Try imagining a place    Where 
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it's always safe and warm
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Come in she said I'll give ya   
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Shelter from the storm


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
Continues after the ad
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I was burned out from exhaustion  
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Buried in the hail
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Poisoned in the bushes   And blown 
out on the trail
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Hunted like a crocodile    Ravaged 
in the corn

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Come in she said I'll give ya   
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Shelter from the storm


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
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Suddenly I turned around   And 
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she was standing there
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With silver bracelets on her wrists
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  And flowers in her hair
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She walked up to me so gracefully
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  And took my crown of thorns
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Come in she said I'll give ya   
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Shelter from the storm


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[Verse 6]
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Now there's a wall between us  
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somethin' there's been lost
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I took too much for granted got my 
signals crossed
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Just to think that it all began 
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on a long forgotten morn
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Come in she said  I'll give you 
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shelter from the storm


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[Verse 7]
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Well the deputy walks on hard 
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nails and the preacher rides a mount
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But nothing really matters much 
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it's doom alone that counts
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And the one-eyed undertaker he blows
 a futile horn
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Come in she said  I'll give you 
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shelter from the storm


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[Verse 8]
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I've heard newborn babies wailin' 
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like a mournin' dove
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And old men with broken teeth 
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stranded without love
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Do I understand your question 
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then is it hopeless and forlorn
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Come in she said  I'll give you 
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shelter from the storm


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 9]
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In a little hilltop village, 
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they gambled for my clothes
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I bargained for salvation and they 
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gave me a lethal dose
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I offered up my innocence and got 
repaid with scorn
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Come in she said  I'll give you 
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shelter from the storm


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[Verse 10]
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Well I'm livin' in a foreign 
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country but I'm bound to cross the 
line
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Beauty walks a razor's edge someday 
I'll make it mine
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If I could only turn back the 
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clock to when God and her were born
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Come in she said  I'll give you 
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shelter from the storm