There's something happening here

What it is ain't exactly clear

There's a man with a gun over there

Telling me I got to beware



I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound

Everybody look what's going down



There's battle lines being drawn

Nobody's right if everybody's wrong

Young people speaking their minds

Getting so much resistance from behind



I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound

Everybody look what's going down



What a field-day for the heat

A thousand people in the street

Singing songs and carrying signs

Mostly say, hooray for our side



It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound

Everybody look what's going down



Paranoia strikes deep

Into your life it will creep

It starts when you're always afraid

You step out of line, the man come and take you away



We better stop, hey, what's that sound

Everybody look what's going down

Stop, hey, what's that sound

Everybody look what's going down

Stop, now, what's that sound