we wanted this cover to sound like us yet still capture the true essence of the song, which to us is impending doom...the Stones always had attitude unlike any other...
rock
nowar
schneider
kath
Story behind the song
the song is apocalypto to the maximo - it's fear on speed with lyrics, vocals (Kath's brilliant on this btw!) and menacing guitar/synths bringing ominous tones to those who hear it's thunder, see it's lightning and smell it's fear - it's pure Mick and Keith, the boys of whom Dads all over the world would ensure their daughters were safely locked away if they knew this band of scruffs were touring...lol!
Lyrics
Ooh, a storm is threatening
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Ooh 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 sweepin'
Our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost your 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 yeah
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, yeah
The floods is threatening
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