Gimme Shelter

Oh, a storm is threat'ning My very life today If I don't get some shelter Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away Ooh, see the fire is sweepin' Our very street today Burns like a red coal carpet Mad bull lost its way War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away Rape, murder! It's just a shot away It's just a shot away Rape, murder! It's just a shot away It's just a shot away Rape, murder! It's just a shot away It's just a shot away The floods is threat'ning My very life today Gimme, gimme, gimme shelter Or I'm gonna fade away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away It's just a shot away It's just a shot away (shot away) It's just a shot away I tell you love, sister, it's just a kiss away (come on now) It's just a kiss away It's just a kiss away (Let?s call my sisters, let?s love my brother) It's just a kiss away (I love sisters, I love my brothers, I love my mother, I love my father) It's just a kiss away We need a kiss today Just a kiss away It?s just a kiss away, hey! --- Gimme Shelter - Angélique Kidjo and Joss Stone