Shelter From The Storm-Ed Roland/The Sweet Tea Project

[ti:Shelter From The Storm] [ar:Ed Roland] [al:Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Shelter From The Storm - Ed Roland/The Sweet Tea Project [00:02.50]'Twas in another lifetime [00:04.55]One of toil and blood [00:05.94] [00:06.63]When blackness was a virtue [00:08.76]And the road was full of mud [00:10.29] [00:10.91]I came in from the wilderness [00:13.05]A creature void of form [00:14.66] [00:15.36]Come in she said [00:16.56]I'll give you shelter from the storm [00:19.31] [00:21.13]And if I pass this way again [00:23.06]You can rest assured [00:24.56] [00:25.13]I'll always do my best for her [00:27.18]On that I give my word [00:28.69] [00:29.41]In a world of steel eyed death [00:31.40]And men who are fighting to be warm [00:33.10] [00:33.75]Come in she said [00:35.01]I'll give you shelter from the storm [00:37.34] [00:45.99]Not a word was spoken between us [00:47.98]There was little risk involved [00:49.19] [00:50.28]Everything up to that point [00:52.41]Had been left unresolved [00:53.86] [00:54.61]Try imagining a place where [00:56.62]It's always safe and warm [00:58.97]Come in she said [01:00.12]I'll give you shelter from the storm [01:02.72] [01:04.47]I was burned out from exhaustion [01:06.21] [01:06.82]Buried in the hail [01:08.28] [01:08.96]Poisoned in the bushes [01:10.45]An' blown out on the trail [01:12.27] [01:13.35]Hunted like a crocodile [01:15.20]Ravaged in the corn [01:16.97] [01:17.51]Come in she said [01:18.68]I'll give you shelter from the storm [01:21.67] [01:29.86]Suddenly I turned around and [01:31.90]She was standin' there [01:33.23] [01:33.91]With silver bracelets on her [01:35.51]Wrists and flowers in her hair [01:37.33] [01:38.09]She walked up to me so gracefully [01:40.49]And took my crown of thorns [01:42.65]Come in she said [01:43.60]I'll give you shelter from the storm [01:47.80] [01:55.87]Now there's a wall between us [01:57.40] [01:58.16]Somethin' there's been lost [01:59.44] [02:00.15]I took too much for granted [02:01.65] [02:02.16]Got my signals crossed [02:03.54] [02:04.41]Just to think that it all began [02:06.23]On a long forgotten morn [02:08.00] [02:08.83]Come in she said [02:09.96]I'll give you shelter from the storm [02:14.46] [02:22.00]Well the deputy walks on hard [02:24.12]Nails and the preacher rides a mount [02:25.70] [02:26.31]But nothing really matters much [02:28.68]It's doom alone that counts [02:30.67]And the one eyed undertaker [02:32.09] [02:32.78]He blows a futile horn [02:34.32] [02:34.88]Come in she said [02:35.99]I'll give you shelter from the storm [02:38.81] [02:47.18]I've heard newborn babies [02:49.02]Wailin' like a mournin' dove [02:50.83] [02:51.34]And old men with broken [02:53.07]Teeth stranded without love [02:54.75] [02:55.65]Do I understand your question [02:57.36]Man is it hopeless and forlorn [02:59.49] [03:00.04]Come in she said [03:01.09]I'll give you shelter from the storm [03:05.74] [03:13.36]In a little hilltop village [03:14.90] [03:15.42]They gambled for my clothes [03:16.94] [03:17.53]I bargained for salvation [03:19.80]An' they gave me a lethal dose [03:21.88]I offered up my innocence [03:23.78]And got repaid with scorn [03:25.69] [03:26.22]Come in she said [03:27.63]I'll give you shelter shelter from the storm [03:33.50] [03:39.67]Shelter from the storm [03:43.29] [03:50.39]Well I'm livin' in a foreign country [03:52.55]But I'm bound to cross the line [03:54.06] [03:54.60]Beauty walks a razor's edge [03:56.96]Someday I'll make it mine [03:58.35] [03:58.92]If I could only turn back the clock [04:01.10]To when God and her were born [04:02.78] [04:03.34]Come in she said [04:04.54]I'll give you shelter from the storm