Mother, mother / There’s too many of you crying / Brother, brother, brother / There’s far too many of you dying / You know we’ve got to find a way / To bring some lovin’ here today / Father, father / We don’t need to escalate / You see, war is not the answer / For only love can conquer hate / You know we’ve got to find a way / To bring some lovin’ here today / Picket lines and picket signs / Don’t punish me with brutality / Talk to me, so you can see / Oh, what’s going on / What’s going on / Yeah, what’s going on / Ah, what’s going on

Mother, mother / Everybody thinks we’re wrong / Oh, but who are they to judge us / Simply ’cause our hair is long / Oh, you know we’ve got to find a way / To bring some understanding here today / Picket lines and picket signs / Don’t punish me with brutality / C’mon talk to me / So you can see / What’s going on / Yeah, what’s going on / Tell me what’s going on… / Right on baby, right on…

[By Alfred W. Cleveland – Marvin P. Gaye – Renaldo Benson © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC – Motown Records, 1971]