Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield
“For What It’s Worth” is one of the most widely known protest songs of the 1960s. Recorded by Buffalo Springfield as a single, it was eventually released in 1967 on their self-titled album.
Buffalo Springfield was the house band for LA’s famous Whiskey A Go Go during the time of the riots, which le...
[Verse 1]
There's something happening here
But what it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
A-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
And nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Are gettin' so much resistance from behind
[Chorus]
It's time we stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
[Verse 3]
What a field day for the heat (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
A thousand people in the street (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Singing songs and a-carryin' signs (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Mostly say, "Hooray for our side" (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
[Chorus]
It's time we stopped
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
Step out of line, the man come and take you away
[Chorus]
We better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going
We better stop
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going
We better stop
Now, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going
We better stop
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
For What It’s Worth was written by Stephen Stills.
For What It’s Worth was produced by Charles Greene & Brian Stone.
Buffalo Springfield released For What It’s Worth on Fri Dec 23 1966.
Stephen Stills added another facet to the song’s meaning –
It turned out to be indicative of what was about to happen.
In the book Neil Young: Long May You Run: The Illustrated History, Stephen Stills tells the story of this song’s origin: “I had something kicking around in my head. I wanted to write something about the kids that were on the line over in Southeast Asia that didn’t have anything to do with the devic...