Shelter from the Storm - Live at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan - February/March 1978

It was in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
 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"
 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 born
 "Come in", she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"
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 I was burned out from exhaustion, I was 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, she was standin' there
 With silver bracelets on her wrists, flowers in her hair
 She walked up to me so gracefully, and she took my crown of thorns
 "Come in", she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"
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 Well, 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"
 The deputy walks on a hard nails and the preacher rides a mount
 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"
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 In a little hilltop village they gambled for my clothes
 I offered for salvation and they gave me a lethal dose
 I offered up my innocence, got repaid with scorn
 "Come in", she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"
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 I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line
 Beauty walks on 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"