Appropriate old song for Our Times…Buffalo Springfield

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I thought of this good old song by Buffalo Springfield, from I think 1966.  I think the lyrics are highly appropriate now, in 2016.   The meaning is not quite the same as I think it was back in the day…but close enough to bring chills.    There are so many parallels on every level in today’s battles…not only military battles, and police difficulties…but especially the issues over guns now being fought in the U.S. Congress as well.   I know, everything they do in Washington and on the campaign trail is Circus Quality drama dealing with deadly and obscene arguments and technicalities over IF and how to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists.   In my opinion ANY one with a gun pointed at innocent people in a crowd or public building  should be considered a terrorist.  NO ONE needs an automatic weapon that is designed to kill large numbers of people at one time…fast and furious.  Hanging one of these ultra-military style weapons on the wall is a far cry from hanging a Civil War sword or an old Muzzle-loader Musket on display in one’s living room.
Here are the lyrics to FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH… published by Google Music.

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

There’s battle lines being drawn
Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind

It’s 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 carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side

It’s 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
You step out of line, the man come and take you away

We better stop, hey, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
Stop, hey, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
Stop, now, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down
Stop, children, what’s that sound
Everybody look what’s going down

© Buffalo Springfield, 1966

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8 thoughts on “Appropriate old song for Our Times…Buffalo Springfield”

    1. its the crazies and ideologues…and no one ever needs a weapon that will kill 100 people at a time. Even Rambo kept his AK47 or whatever holstered unless he was actively fighting Evil. 🙂

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