Shelter From the Storm

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Verse 1

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'Twas in another
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lifetime
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One of toil and
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blood
When blackness was a
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virtue The
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road was full of mud
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I came in from the
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wilderness A
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creature void of form
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Come in she said
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I'll give ya
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Shelter from the
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storm
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Verse 2

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And if I pass this
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way again
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You can rest
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assured
I'll always do my
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best for her On
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that I give my word
In a
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world of steel-eyed
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death and men Who are
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fighting to be warm
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Come in she said
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I'll give ya
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Shelter from the
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storm
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Verse 3

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Not a word was sp
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oke between us There was
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little risk
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involved
Everything up
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to that point Had been
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left unresolved
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Try imagining
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a place Where it's
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always safe and warm
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Come in she said
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I'll give ya
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Shelter from the
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storm
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B
A
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Verse 4

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I was burned out from
B
exhaustion
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Buried in the
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hail
Poisoned in the
B
bushes And
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blown out on the trail
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Hunted like a
B
crocodile
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Ravaged in the corn
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Come in she said
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I'll give ya
A
Shelter from the
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storm
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B
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Verse 5

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Suddenly I
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turned around And
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she was standing
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there
With silver bracelets
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on her wrists And
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flowers in her hair
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She walked up to me so
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gracefully And
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took my crown of thorns
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Come in she said
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I'll give ya
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Shelter from the
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storm
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B
A
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A
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Verse 6

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Now there's a wall be
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tween us
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somethin' there's been
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lost
I took too much for
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granted g
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ot my signals crossed
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Just to think that it
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all began on a
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long forgotten morn
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Come in she said I'll
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give you
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shelter from the
E
storm
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B
A
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Verse 7

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Well the deputy walks on
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hard nails and the
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preacher rides
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a mount
But nothing really
B
matters much it's d
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oom alone that counts
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And the one-eyed
B
undertaker he
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blows a futile horn
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Come in she said I'll
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give you
A
shelter from the
E
storm
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B
A
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B
A
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Verse 8

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I've heard newborn
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babies wailin'
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like a mournin'
E
dove
And old men with
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broken teeth
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stranded without love
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Do I understand your
B
question then is it
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hopeless and forlorn
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Come in she said I'll
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give you
A
shelter from the
E
storm
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B
A
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Verse 9

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In a little hilltop
B
village,
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they gambled for my
E
clothes
I bargained for sal
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vation and they
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gave me a lethal dose
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I offered up my
B
innocence and
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got repaid with scorn
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Come in she said I'll
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give you
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shelter from the
E
storm
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B
A
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Verse 10

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