Theres something happening here
What it is aint exactly clear
Theres a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware

I think its time we stop, children,
Whats that sound everybody look
Whats going down

Theres battle lines being drawn
Nobodys right if everybodys wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind

Its time we stop, hey,
Whats that sound everybody look
Whats going down

What a field-day for the heat
thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side

Its time we stop, hey,
Whats that sound everybody look
Whats going down

Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when youre always afraid
You step out of line, the [bad word] and take you away

We better stop, hey, whats that sound
Everybody look whats going down
Stop, hey, whats that sound
Everybody look whats going down

Stop, now, whats that sound
Everybody look whats going down
Stop, children, whats that sound
Everybody look whats going down