There's something happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear

There's a man with a gun over there A-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 are getting 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, a thousand people in the street

Singing songs and a-carrying signs mostly say 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, that gun 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