"For What It's Worth / Mr. Soul" lyrics

[For What It's Worth]

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

I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

Battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everyone's wrong
People speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind

Yeah, stop children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

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

I think it's time we stop, children, 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, the man come and take you away

Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down

You better stop!
Stop
You better stop!
Stop
You better stop!


[Mr. Soul]

Oh, hello Mr. Soul
I dropped by
To pick up a reason
For the thought that I caught
That my head
Is the event of the season
Why in crowds just a trace
Of my face
Could seem so pleasing?
I'll cop out to the change
But a stranger
Is putting the tease on

I was down on a frown
When the messenger
Brought me a letter
I was raised by the praise
Of a fan
Who said I upset her
Any girl in the world
Could have easily
Known me better
She said, "You're strange
But don't change."
And I let her

In a while will the smile
On my face
Turn to plaster?
Stick around while the clown
Who is sick
Does the trick of disaster
For the race of my head
And my face
Is moving much faster
Is it strange I should change?
I don't know
Why don't you ask her?

Is it strange I should change?
I don't know, why don't you ask her?
Is it strange I should change?
I don't know, why don't you ask her?
Is it strange I should change?
I don't know, why don't you ask her?