Créditos
INTERPRETAÇÃO
The Beach Boys
Interpretação
COMPOSIÇÃO E LETRA
Mike Stoller
Composição
Mike Love
Composição
Jerry Leiber
Composição
PRODUÇÃO E ENGENHARIA
The Beach Boys
Produção
Stephen W. Desper
Engenharia (mixagem)
Mark Linett
Engenharia (masterização)
Letra
[Verse 1]
Starting out with Berkeley Free Speech
And later on at People's Park
The winds of change fanned into flames
Student demonstrations sparked
Down to Isla Vista where police felt so harassed
They called the special riot squad of the L. A. County Sheriff
[Verse 2]
Well there's a riot going on
There's a riot going on
There's a riot going on
Student demonstration time
[Verse 3]
The violence spread down South to where Jackson State brothers
Learned not to say nasty things about Southern policemen's mothers
Nothing much was said about it and really next to nothing done
The pen is mightier than the sword, but no match for a gun
[Verse 4]
Well there's a riot going on
Well there's a riot going on
Well there's a riot going on
'Cause it's student demonstration time
[Verse 5]
America was stunned on May 4, 1970
When rally turned to riot up at Kent State University
They said the students scared the Guard
Though the troops were battle dressed
Four martyrs earned a new degree
The Bachelor of Bulletsl
[Verse 6]
I know we're all fed up with useless wars and racial strife
But next time there's a riot, well, you best stay out of sight
[Verse 7]
Well there's a riot going on
Oh, there's a riot going on
Well there's a riot going on
Demonstration time
[Verse 8]
(Stay away when there's a riot going on) Student demonstration
(Stay away when there's a riot going on) Student demonstration
(Stay away when there's a riot going on) Student demonstration
(Stay away when there's a riot going on) It's student demonstration
(Stay away when there's a riot going on) Student demonstration
(Stay away when there's a riot going on) A student demonstration
(Stay away when there's a riot going on) It's student demonstration
(Stay away when there's a riot going on)
Student demonstration, a student demonstration
Written by: Jerry Leiber, Mike Love, Mike Stoller