What it is ain’t exactly clear
There’s a man with a gun over there
Telling me I’ve got to beware
CHORUS:
It’s time we stop
Hey what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
Battle line being drawn
Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong
Young people speaking their minds
And getting so much resistance from behind
It’s time we stop children
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 carrying signs
Mostly saying hooray for our side
Chorus
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you’re always afraid
You step out of line
Man come and take you away
It’s time we stop children
Hey what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
Chorus x 4
