Escrita por Bob Dylan, foi gravada em 17 de setembro de 1974, no A$R Recordings, em New York City. Foi lançada em janeiro de 1975 no disco Blood on the tracks. Dylan cantou e tocou violão e gaita, com Tony Brown no baixo. A revista Rolling Stone colocou-a no número 66 da lista das 100 greatest Bob Dylan Songs. O jornal The Guardian disse que essa era uma das 80 Bob Dylan songs everyone should know. Foi regravada por Manfred Mann's Earth Band, entre outros artistas.
A letra:
'Twas
in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
When 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 ya shelter
from the storm
And 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 warm
Come in, she said
I'll give ya shelter from the storm
Not a word was spoke between us, there
was no risk involved
Nothing up to that point had even been
resolved
Try imagining a place where it's always safe and
warm
Come in, she said
I'll give ya shelter from the storm
I was burned out from exhaustion,
buried in the hail
Poisoned in the bushes an' blown out on the
trail
Hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn
Come in, she
said
I'll give ya shelter from the storm
Suddenly I turned around and she was
standin' there
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
I'll give ya shelter from the storm
Now the bonds are broken, but they can
be retired
By one more journey to the woods, the holes where
spirits hide
It's a never ending battle for a peace that's always
torn
"Come in", she said, "I'll give ya shelter
from the storm"
Well, the deputy walks on hard nails
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
Come in, she said
I'll give ya shelter from the
storm
And I've heard newborn babies crying
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 ya shelter from the
storm
Now there's a wall between us,
somethin' there's been lost
I took too much for granted, I got my
signals crossed
And Just to think that it all began on an
uneventful morn
Come in, she said
I'll give ya shelter from the
storm
In a little hilltop village, they
gambled for my clothes
I bargained for salvation and she gave me a
lethal dose
I offered up my innocence I got repaid with scorn
Come
in, she said
I'll give ya shelter from the storm
Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country
but I'm bound to cross the line
Beauty walks 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 ya
shelter from the storm
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