Shelter from the Storm - Live at Hughes Stadium, Ft. Collins, CO - May 1976

'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood

When blackness was a virtue, 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"

Not a word was spoke between us, there was no 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, 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"

Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount

But nothing really matters much, 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"

In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes

I bargained for salvation an' she gave me a lethal dose

I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn

"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 non-eventful morn

"Come in," she said, "I'll give you 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"