There's something happening here
But 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 saying, ""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
Step out of line, the men come and take you away
We better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look - what's going down?
We better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look - what's going down?
We better stop
Now, what's that sound?
Everybody look - what's going down?
We better stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look - what's going down?
Artist
Buffalo Springfield
Lyrics
RS500_rank
63
Length
2:38
BPM
99.4
Released Year
1967
Genre Era
Genre
Key
E m
Produced By
Charles Greene, Brian Stone
Released Info
Feb. '67 on Atco
Chart Weeks
15 weeks
Chart Top
No. 7
Musicbrainz ID
3d55d64e-4247-921f-b40c-22644790f585
Song Note Source
Rolling Stone 500
Song of Day Date
Written By
Stephen Stills
Album
Buffalo Springfield (Elektra)
Vocal Type
Male
Song Status
As police and teens clashed on L.A.'s Sunset Strip, Neil Young's guitar tolled like a funeral bell; the Summer of Love was unraveling before it even began. "It turned out to be indicative of what was about to happen," said Stills.