There's somethin' happenin' here.What it is ain't exactly clear.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

Sorry a lot of you guys missed the 60s. I was too young for most of it, but I got in at the end. Sigh, I miss it.

There's somethin' happenin' here.
What it is ain't exactly clear.
There's a man with a gun over there
A-tellin' me I've got to beware.

I think it's time we stop.
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin' down.

There's battle lines bein' drawn.
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong.
Young people speakin' their minds
A-gettin' so much resistance from behind.

I think it's time we stop.
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin' down.

What a field day for the heat.
A thousand people in the street
Singin' songs and a-carryin' signs
Mostly sayin' hooray for our side.

It's time we stop.

Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin' down.

Paranoia strikes deep.
Into your life it will creep.
It starts when you're always afraid.
Step out of line, the men come and take you away.

You better stop.
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin'..
You better stop.
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin'..
You better stop.
Now, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin'..
You better stop.
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin'..

[NMDemDist2]

1. i was there, and DAMN I'm too old to do this chit again

how did we get here??

sigh

[Nay]

4. I was there as well, and I am just too tired to do it again. Thought

once would be enough, since common sense should have carried the day. Oh, well!!!

[Blue_In_AK]

8. Me, too n/t

[SpiralHawk]

2. The Candyskins did a fab cover of this song in 2000 or so

Their version totally rocks, and has the sound of the new millennium, not the 60s.

[sandnsea]

3. Murad JK Remix

http://www.johnkerry.com/audio/whatitsworth.mp3

I cry for what we lost and I cry for those who still just don't get it.

[countryjake]

5. Self-delete

[Booster]

9. Unfortunately, they don't get it unless there's a draft; then all of

a sudden they get it big time. In their opinion, if it touches their neighbor and not them, they just don't give a shit. It's when it comes home; that's when they become enraged and start acting and thinking like reasonable people.

[countryjake]

6. I was in the thick of it then; eagerly await the hour the ship comes in...

Oh the time will come up
When the winds will stop
And the breeze will cease to be breathin'.
Like the stillness in the wind
'Fore the hurricane begins,
The hour when the ship comes in.

Oh the seas will split
And the ship will hit
And the sands on the shoreline will be shaking.
Then the tide will sound
And the wind will pound
And the morning will be breaking.

Oh the fishes will laugh
As they swim out of the path
And the seagulls they'll be smiling.
And the rocks on the sand
Will proudly stand,
The hour that the ship comes in.

And the words that are used
For to get the ship confused
Will not be understood as they're spoken.
For the chains of the sea
Will have busted in the night
And will be buried at the bottom of the ocean.

A song will lift
As the mainsail shifts
And the boat drifts on to the shoreline.
And the sun will respect
Every face on the deck,
The hour that the ship comes in.

Then the sands will roll
Out a carpet of gold
For your weary toes to be a-touchin'.
And the ship's wise men
Will remind you once again
That the whole wide world is watchin'.

Oh the foes will rise
With the sleep still in their eyes
And they'll jerk from their beds and think they're dreamin'.
But they'll pinch themselves and squeal
And know that it's for real,
The hour when the ship comes in.

Then they'll raise their hands,
Sayin' we'll meet all your demands,
But we'll shout from the bow your days are numbered.
And like Pharaoh's tribe,
They'll be drownded in the tide,
And like Goliath, they'll be conquered.

~Dylan~

[Lars39]

7. Golden Country

Golden country your face is so red
With all of your money your poor can be fed
You strut around and you flirt with disaster
Never really carin’ just what comes after

Well your blacks are dyin’ but your back is still turned
And your freaks are cryin’ but your back is still turned
You better stop your hidin or your country will burn

The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand

Mortgage people you crawl to your homes
Your security lies in your bed of white foam
You act concerned but then why turn away

When a lady was raped on your doorstep today
Well your blacks are cryin’ but your back is still turned
And your freaks are dyin’ but your back is still turned

You better stop your hidin or your country will burn
The time has come for you my friend
To all this ugliness we must put an end
Before we leave we must make a stand, oh yeah......

[dpt223]

10. C.R.E.A.M.

Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar dollar bill y'all

Wu-Tang Clan

It's amazing how close a song about being a street hustler and drug dealer is to Bush and friends ideology.

[VOX]

11. Supposedly "For What It's Worth" was written about the Sunset Strip riots.

But it certainly had broader applications than than. :thumbsup:

http://warnerchappell.com/wcm_2/song_search/song_detail/songview_2.jsp?menu_status=songsearch&esongId=122495100
<snip>
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH was originally written by Stephen Stills after a youth riot on Hollywood's Sunset Strip; it's opening lines set the scene: "There's something happenin' here/What it is ain't exactly clear/There's a man with a gun over there/Tellin' me I've got to beware."

[against all enemies]

12. The Clear Channel generation will never protest. Unless it gets drafty.

[banana republican]

13. Chicago, August 1968

Also too old for this. But it's gotta be done