Songs That I Love #62 Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth

I discovered this track after hearing the Dave Matthews Band cover it. Written by Stephen Stills and the band includes Neil Young, not much more I need to say.

There's somethin' happenin' here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
A tellin' 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 speakin' their minds
A gettin' so much resistance from behind

 

Time we stop, hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down

 

What a field day for the heat
(Hmm, hmm, hmm)
A thousand people in the street
(Hmm, hmm, hmm)
Singing songs and they carrying signs
(Hmm, hmm, hmm)
Mostly say, hooray for our side
(Hmm, hmm, hmm)

 

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 man 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