Gimme Shelter Lyrics
Paul Brady & The Forest Rangers
Lyrics
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 sweeping
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 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
It's just a shot away
I tell you 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
It's just a kiss away
Kiss away, kiss away
Song & Lyrics Facts
Paul Brady & The Forest Rangers' Gimme Shelter was released on their album, True North, in 2015. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones with additional writers Paul Brady, Brian Kennedy and Simon Climie.
This soulful track features powerful vocal performances from both Brady and Kennedy along with a full band including guitars, drums, bass, keyboards, strings and brass. The lyrics speak to the need for shelter and protection in a chaotic world.