For What It's Worth
Buffalo Springfield
written by Stephen Stills
Album: Buffalo Springfield

Album: Buffalo Springfield
These lyrics from the Buffalo Springfield's 1967 hit 'For What It's Worth'
have come to symbolize the turbulent decade of the 1960s. It has transcended
the pop charts to become, a touchstone for an entire generation.
 In 1967,  theBuffalo Springfield captured the restless, confrontational
mood of that generationrailing against the establishment and went on
to be revered as one of rock music's most influential groups
...Copyright 1967 By Stephen Stills


Lyrics:

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
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down