SEARCH HERE: BROWSE 409412 LYRICS BY ARTIST/BAND NAME: #A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z SITE MENU Last Updates Request Lyrics Submit / Correct Popularity Charts VISITORS Login / Register Your Thoughts My Playlists [ More Patti Smith lyrics ] add to playlist     see a mistake?    comment Artist/Band: Patti Smith Lyrics for Song: Gimme Shelter Lyrics for Album: Twelve [2007] Oh, a storm is threatening My very life today If I don't get some shelter Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away War, children, its just a shot away Its just a shot away War, children, its just a shot away Its 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, its just a shot away Its just a shot away War, children, its just a shot away Its just a shot away Rape, murder! Its just a shot away Its just a shot away Rape, murder! Its just a shot away Its just a shot away Rape, murder! Its just a shot away Its just a shot away The floods is threatening My very life today Gimme, gimme shelter Or I'm gonna fade away War, children, its just a shot away Its just a shot away Its just a shot away Its just a shot away Its just a shot away I tell you love, sister, its just a kiss away Its just a kiss away Its just a kiss away Its just a kiss away Its just a kiss away Kiss away, kiss away Album Lyrics: Twelve [2007] Patti Smith "Twelve [2007]" 1. Gimme Shelter 2. Within You Without You