[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

[Verse 2]
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
And getting so much resistance from behind

[Chorus]
It's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

[Verse 3]
What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
[Chorus]
It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

[Verse 4]
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

[Chorus]
We better stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

[Outro]
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, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down