《Shelter From The Storm (BBC Session Janice Long 24/09/1986)》歌词

[00:00:25] 'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood

[00:00:30] When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud

[00:00:34] I come in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.

[00:00:38] "Come in," she said,

[00:00:40] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."

[00:00:47] And if I pass this way again, you can rest assured

[00:00:51] I'll always do my best for her, on that I give my word

[00:00:55] In a world of steel-eyed death, and men who are fighting to be warm.

[00:00:59] "Come in," she said,

[00:01:01] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."

[00:01:09] Not a word was spoke between us, there was no risk involved

[00:01:13] Nothing up to that point had even been resolved.

[00:01:18] Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm.

[00:01:22] "Come in," she said,

[00:01:23] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."

[00:01:34] I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail,

[00:01:39] Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail,

[00:01:44] Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn.

[00:01:47] "Come in," she said,

[00:01:48] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."

[00:02:00] Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there

[00:02:04] With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair.

[00:02:08] She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns.

[00:02:13] "Come in," she said,

[00:02:14] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."

[00:02:38] Now the bonds are broken, but they can be retied,

[00:02:42] by one more journey to the woods, the holes where spirits hide.

[00:02:46] It's a never ending battle for a peace that's always torn

[00:02:51] "Come in," she said,

[00:02:52] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."

[00:03:04] Well, the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount

[00:03:09] But nothing really matters much, it's doom alone that counts

[00:03:13] And the one-eyed undertaker, he blows a futile horn.

[00:03:17] "Come in," she said,

[00:03:18] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."

[00:03:29] I've heard newborn babies cryin' like a moanin' dove

[00:03:33] And old men with broken teeth stranded without love.

[00:03:37] Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?

[00:03:41] "Come in," she said,

[00:03:43] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."

[00:04:04] And now there's a wall between us, something else been lost

[00:04:08] I took too much for granted, I got my signals crossed.

[00:04:15] And just to think it all began on an uneventful morn,

[00:04:16] "Come in," she said,

[00:04:18] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."

[00:04:28] In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes

[00:04:33] I bargained for salvation an' she give me a lethal dose.

[00:04:37] I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn.

[00:04:41] "Come in," she said,

[00:04:42] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."

[00:05:03] Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line

[00:05:08] Beauty walks on a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine.

[00:05:11] If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born,

[00:05:16] "Come in," she said,

[00:05:17] "I'll give you shelter from the storm."