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

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 / Everybody look what’s going down / Stop, children, what’s that sound / Everybody look what’s going down

[By Stephen Stills © Warner / Chappell Music, Inc., 1967]