Gimme Shelter

Lyrics

[Intro: Jimmy Somerville] Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Shelter Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Shelter [Verse 1: Jimmy Somerville] Ooh, a storm is threatening My very life today If I don't get some shelter Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away [Chorus: Both Jimmy Somerville & Voice of the Beehive's Tracey Bryn] 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 [Verse 2: Voice of the Beehive's Tracey Bryn] Ooh, see the fire is sweepin' Our very street today Burns like a red-coal carpet Mad bull's lost its way [Chorus: Both] 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 [Interlude: Jimmy Somerville] Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh [Verse 3: Tracey Bryn & Jimmy Somerville] Mmm, a flood is threatening My very life today Gimme, gimme shelter Or I'm going to fade away (Or I'm going to fade away) [Chorus: Tracey Bryn, Jimmy Somerville and Both] 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 Love, sister It's just a kiss away It's just a kiss away Love, sister (It's just a kiss away, it's just a kiss away) It's just a kiss away It's just a kiss away [Outro: Tracey Bryn & Jimmy Somerville] Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Shelter (War, children) Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Shelter (It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away) Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Shelter (War, children) Gimme Gimme Gimme Gimme Shelter (It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away)