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Artist: Iris DeMent
Canonical path: /iris-dement/gimme-shelter
Related lyric paths: 6
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Gimme Shelter
Read Gimme Shelter lyrics by Iris DeMent on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Gimme Shelter
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Oh, the storm is threatening
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
See the fire sweepin'
Our very streets 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
Well, murder
It's just a shot away
Well, murder
It's just a shot away
Brother, sister
It's just a kiss away
Well, murder
It's just a kiss away, kiss away, kiss away
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Iris DeMent performs "Gimme Shelter", and this lyric page sits inside the Iris DeMent catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Up Up Up and Ain't That Unusual with a short reason for opening each page next.
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