Shelter from the Storm

Accordi Shelter from the Storm

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'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
                     
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When blackness was a virtue the road was full of mud
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I came in from the wilderness, 
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creature void of form
     
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Come in, she said
     
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm

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And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured
                  
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I'll always do my best for her, 
   
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on that I give my word
     
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In a world of steel-eyed death, 
                
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and men who are fighting to be warm
     
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Come in, she said
     
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm

      
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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 been left unresolved
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 Try imagining a place 
           
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where it's always safe and warm
     
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Come in, she said
     
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm

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I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail
                
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Poisoned in the bushes an' 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
     
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm

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Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' 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
     
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm

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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, 
  
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I got my signals crossed
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Just to think that it all began 
      
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on an uneventful morn
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Come in, she said
     
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm

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Well, the deputy walks on hard nails 
        
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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
     
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm

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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 stranded without love
     
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Do I understand your question, man, 
      
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is it hopeless and forlorn
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Come in, she said
     
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm

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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 
        
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and she gave me a lethal dose
  
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I offered up my innocence I got repaid with scorn
     
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Come in, she said
     
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I'll give ya shelter from the storm

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

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