SHELTER FROM THE STORM - Bob Dylan  - Blood on the Tracks album - May 23, 2007

'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood                   COLORBLIND - assassinflashingondanny
When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud           COLORBLIND - assassinpullsawayfromsyd
I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form.            ..
"Come in," she said,                                               COLORBLIND - sydreachesouttohelphimescape
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."                            ..

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

Not a word was spoke between us, there was little risk involved    MASQUERADE - syddancingwithmaskedex
Everything up to that point had been left unresolved.              ..
Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm.             SNOWMAN - togetheronbeach
"Come in," she said,                                               MASQUERADE - kissingandstripping
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."                            ..

I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail,              COUP - beingshotatonwire
Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the trail,                 PROPHECY - runningfromdogs
Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn.                      PROPHET5 - runningthrucorn
"Come in," she said,                                               TRUTHTAKESTIME - momluresthemfromexplosion
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."                            ..

Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there                SEARCHRESCUE - seeingirina
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,                                               SEARCHRESCUE - irinakissesjack
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."                            ..

Now there's a wall between us, somethin' there's been lost         REMNANTS - willinbedinmorning
I took too much for granted, got my signals crossed.               ..
Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn.          TRUTHTOTELL - kissingwill
"Come in," she said,                                               RENDEZVOUS - sydsaveswill
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."                            ..

Well, the deputy walks on hard nails                               FIREBOMB - peopleonfire
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.               FIREBOMB - weiss
"Come in," she said,                                               FIREBOMB - theylookatashes
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."                            ..

I've heard newborn babies wailin' like a mournin' dove             30SECONDS - nadiaholdingbaby
And old men with broken teeth stranded without love.               ALLTHETIME - nadiaturnsawayfromsloane
Do I understand your question, man, is it hopeless and forlorn?    AUTHORIZEDPERS2 - nadiatouchesmothersplaque
"Come in," she said,                                               INDEX - nadiasavesjack
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."                            ..

In a little hilltop village, they gambled for my clothes           MATERNAL - ridetocabinvaugnalive
I bargained for salvation an' they gave me a lethal dose.          BLOODTIES - vaugnkneelslaurenkicks
I offered up my innocence                                          UNVEILED - findsproofwifeisspy
and got repaid with scorn.                                         BLOODTIES - vaugnsuspendedtorture
"Come in," she said,                                               BLOODTIES - laurenseducesvaugn
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."                            ..

Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country                              PRELUDE - frenchapt
    but I'm bound to cross the line                                PRELUDE - arrested
Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine.            DOPPLEGANGER - runningongirder
If I could only turn back the clock                                TIMEWILLTELL - clockgoingbackwards
    to when God and her were born.                                 ..
"Come in," she said,                                               GETAWAY - savesfather
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."                            ..

Music ending                                                       ENEMYWALKSIN - sydsavesvaugn
 

Copyright © 2007, Mary S. Van Deusen