Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Shelter from the Storm lyrics

'Twas in another lifetime

One of soil and blood

When blackness was a virtue

And the road was full of mud

I came in from the wilderness

A creature wild in form

Come in, she said, I'll give you

Shelter from the storm

Not a word was spoken between us

There was little 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

The deputy walks on hard nails

And the preacher rides a mount

But nothing really matters very much

It's the 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