Oh, a storm is threatening
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
I'm going to fade away, uh-huh

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 is sweeping
Our very streets today, uh-huh
Burning like a red coal carpet
Mad bull done lost his 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, yeah

There's a storm that's threatening
My very life today
Gimme, gimme shelter
Before I 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

Shot away, shot away
Shot away, shot away
It's just a shot away
War, children
It's just a shot away
It's just a shot away