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For What It's Worth
by Buffalo Springfield

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

I think 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 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

Peace
LionHeart
February 2006

Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield Website

Buffalo Springfield was an influential folk-rock group instrumental in igniting the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina. The band formed in early 1966. Pressures, which culminated in constant changes in the group's lineup ultimately culminated in the group disbanding within 24 months. They leave three albums and a handful of demo recordings, studio outtakes and live offerings.

While watching the Sunset Strip riots, Stills wrote the landmark song "For What It's Worth", which was released as their next single in early 1967. The immediate popularity of the track caused their first album to be re-released, with “For What It’s Worth” replacing “Baby Don’t Scold Me”. Dispensing with their management team (figuring they could do better themselves), Buffalo Springfield started recording their second album, but new problems quickly ensued. Young, who had been suffering from epileptic seizures, asserted himself as leader, leading to conflicts with Stills. This resulting in Young leaving and re-joining the group several times due to personal differences.

While never a major force on the charts—indeed, only “For What It’s Worth” was a hit—the group would be recognized later, with the successes of Stills (who started a band with David Crosby of The Byrds and Graham Nash of The Hollies in 1968), Young (who launched a solo career, occasionally showing up on albums by Crosby, Stills and Nash), Furay (who led Poco in their early days and later became a minister) and Messina (who had success as a producer and as part of a duo with Kenny Loggins).

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Buffalo Springfield (1967)
Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
Last Time Around (1968)
Retrospective (1969)
Buffalo Springfield (4-CD box set) (2001)

I Am A Child
(Neil Young)
I am a child, I'll last a while
You can't conceive of the pleasure in my smile
You hold my hand, rough up my hair
It's lots of fun to have you there

I gave to you, now, you give to me
I'd like to know what you learned
The sky is blue and so is the sea
What is the color, when black is burned?
What is the color?

You are a man, you understand
You pick me up and you lay me down again
You make the rules, you say what's fair
It's lots of fun to have you there

I gave to you, now, you give to me
I'd like to know what you learned
The sky is blue and so is the sea
What is the color, when black is burned?
What is the color?

I am a child, I'll last a while
You can't conceive of the pleasure in my smile