Lyrics Shelter from the Storm.lrc Ryan Adams
[id: pshzfxyi]
[ar: Ryan Adams]
[al: Blood on the Tracks]
[ti: Shelter from the Storm]
[length: 10:32]
[00:11.34]’Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
[00:17.34]Blackness was a virtue, road was full of mud
[00:23.01]Came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form
[00:28.95]”Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
[00:36.58]If I pass this way again, you can rest assured
[00:42.23]I’ll always do my best for her, on that I give my word
[00:47.76]World of steel-eyed death and men who are fightin’ to be warm
[00:53.85]”Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
[01:03.89]Not a word was spoked between us, there was little risk involved
[01:09.72]Everything up to that point had been left unresolved
[01:15.56]Try imagining a place where it’s always safe and warm
[01:21.87]”Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
[01:29.05]Suddenly, I turned around, she was standing there
[01:34.96]Silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair
[01:40.60]She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns
[01:46.57]”Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
[01:53.93]Now there’s a wall between us, something has been lost
[01:59.70]I took too much for granted, I got my signals crossed
[02:05.37]Just to think that it all began on a long forgotten morn
[02:11.35]”Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
[02:18.32]Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount
[02:24.40]Nothing really matters much, it’s doom alone all that counts
[02:30.25]One-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn
[02:36.31]”Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm
[02:43.28]I heard newborn babies wailin’ like a mournin’ dove
[02:49.01]And old men with broken teeth stranded all without love
[02:55.16]Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?
[03:01.08]”Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
[03:08.29]In a little hill-top village they gambled for my clothes
[03:14.17]I bargained for salvation, and they gave me a lethal dose
[03:19.80]I offered up my innocence and then got repaid with scorn
[03:25.73]”Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
[03:32.91]Well, I’m livin’ in a foreign country, but I’m bound to cross the line
[03:38.81]Beauty walks a razor’s edge, someday, I’ll make it mine
[03:45.08]If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born
[03:51.00]”Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
[03:57.55]Now the bonds they are broken, they can be re-tied
[04:03.95]By one more journey to the woods, the holes where spirits hide
[04:09.55]It’s a neverending battle for a peace that is always torn
[04:15.75]And then she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”
[04:21.88]Year of Release: 2022