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

'Twas in another lifetime

One of toil and blood

When blackness was a virtue

And the road was full of mud

I came in from the wilderness

A creature void of form

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm

And if I pass this way again

You can rest assured

I'll always do my best for her

On that I give my word

In a world of steel eyed death

And men who are fighting to be warm

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm

Not a word was spoken between us

There was little risk involved

Everything up to that point

Had been left unresolved

Try imagining a place where

It's always safe and warm

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm

I was burned out from exhaustion

Buried in the hail

Poisoned in the bushes

An' blown out on the trail

Hunted like a crocodile

Ravaged in the corn

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm

Suddenly I turned around and

She was standin' there

With silver bracelets on her

Wrists and flowers in her hair

She walked up to me so gracefully

And took my crown of thorns

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm

Now there's a wall between us

Somethin' there's been lost

I took too much for granted

Got my signals crossed

Just to think that it all began

On a long forgotten morn

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm

Well the deputy walks on hard

Nails and the preacher rides a mount

But nothing really matters much

It's doom alone that counts

And the one eyed undertaker

He blows a futile horn

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm

I've heard newborn babies

Wailin' like a mournin' dove

And old men with broken

Teeth stranded without love

Do I understand your question

Man is it hopeless and forlorn

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm

In a little hilltop village

They gambled for my clothes

I bargained for salvation

An' they gave me a lethal dose

I offered up my innocence

And got repaid with scorn

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter shelter from the storm

Shelter from the storm

Well I'm livin' in a foreign country

But I'm bound to cross the line

Beauty walks a razor's edge

Someday I'll make it mine

If I could only turn back the clock

To when God and her were born

Come in she said

I'll give you shelter from the storm