Ooh, the storm is threatening
My very life today
If I don't get me no shelter

I think 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


See the fire sweeping
My very street today
Somebody oughta gimme shelter

Or I think 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


Rape, murder
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away

It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
It's just a kiss away

Kiss away, kiss me

Somebody, give me shelter

Give me shelter, somebody
Give me shelter


The flood is threatening
My very life today
Gimme, why don't you

Gimme some shelter
Or I think 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, shot away


It's just a kiss away
It's just a kiss away

Kiss, kiss, away...