[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]
I think it's time we stop, children, 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
Getting so much resistance from behind

[Chorus]
We gotta 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 s time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Down, down, down, down, down
Oh, ooh
Yeah

[Verse 4]
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid (Don't be afraid, y'all)
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
Stop, hey, look around
Everybody knows what's going down
Stop, hey, look around
Everybody knows what's going down
Children, down and away

[Outro]
We need a change
Change for good
Woo (Change)
(I) (Change)
Oh, ooh