It’s true that this is the song’s official title. But to be fair, there were singles of this song pressed on which the title is rendered “For What It’s Worth (Stop! Hey What’s That Sound).”
"The Kids Are Alright" – The Who
I don’t mind other guys dancin’ with my girl
That’s fine, I know them all pretty well
But I know sometimes I must get out in the light
Better leave them behind, 'cause the kids are alright
The kids are alright
Sometimes I know I gotta get away
Bells chime, I know I gotta get away
And I know if I don’t I’ll go out of my mind
Better leave them behind, 'cause the kids are alright
The kids are alright
I know if I got things will be a lot better for her
I had things planned but her folks wouldn’t let her
I don’t mind other guys dancin’ with my girl
That’s fine, I know them all pretty well
But I know sometimes I must get out in the light
Better leave them behind, 'cause the kids are alright
The kids are alright
Sometimes I know I gotta get away
Bells chime, I know I gotta get away
And I know if I don’t I’ll go out of my mind
Better leave them behind, 'cause the kids are alright
The kids are alright
The kids are alright
The kids are alright
Alright now! Won’t you listen?
When I first met you, didn’t realize
I can’t forget you, for your surprise
You introduced me to my mind
And left me wanting, you and your kind
I love you, oh you know it
My life was empty, forever on a down
Until you took me, showed me around
My life is free now, my life is clear
I love you sweet leaf, though you can’t hear
Come on now, try it out
Straight people don’t know, what you’re about
They put you down and shut you out
You gave to me a new belief
And soon the world will love you sweet leaf
– “Sweet Leaf”, Black Sabbath (1971)
Ooh how I miss you
My symphony places the song that carries you out
Ooh how I miss you
I miss you and I wish you’d stay
Is it any wonder that the stars shine out for you?
Float down
Like autumn leaves
Hush now
Close your eyes before the sleep
And your miles away
And yesterday you were here with me
Float down
Like autumn leaves
Hush now
Close your eyes before the sleep
And your miles away
And yesterday you were here with me
Why do stars fall down from the sky, ev’ry time you walk by?
Just like me, they long to be close to you.
Now, I’m gonna love you
Till the heavens stop the rain
I’m gonna love you
Till the stars fall from the sky for you and I
Come on, come on, come on, come on now
Touch me, baby
Can’t you see that I am not afraid?
What was that promise that you made?
Why won’t you tell me what she said?
What was that promise that you made?
– “Touch Me”, The Doors (1969)
Love is real , real is love
Love is feeling , feeling love
Love is wanting to be loved
Love is touch, touch is love
Love is reaching, reaching love
Love is asking to be loved
Love is you
You and me
Love is knowing
We can be
Love is free, free is love
Love is living, living love
Love is needing to be loved
–“Love”, John Lennon (1971)
There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done
Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung
Nothing you can say, but you can learn how to play the game
It’s easy
Nothing you can make that can’t be made
No-one you can save that can’t be saved
Nothing you can do, but you can learn how to be you in time
It’s easy
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need
– “All You Need Is Love”, The Beatles (1967)
U2, “Ordinary Love”:
The sea wants to kiss the golden shore
The sunlight warms your skin
All the beauty that’s been lost before wants to find us again
I can’t fight you any more, it’s you I’m fighting for
The sea throws rock together but time leaves us polished stones
We can’t fall any further
If we can’t feel ordinary love
And we can’t reach any higher,
If we can’t deal with ordinary love
Birds fly high in the summer sky and rest on the breeze.
The same wind will take care of you and I.
We’ll build our house in the trees.
Your heart is on my sleeve
Did you put it there with a magic marker?
For years I would believe that the would couldn’t wash it away
'Cause
We can’t fall any further
If we can’t feel ordinary love
And we can’t reach any higher
If we cannot deal with ordinary love
Are we tough enough for ordinary love?
I would walk ten miles on my hands and knees
Ain’t no doubt about it baby, it’s you I aim to please
I’d wrestle with a lion and a grizzly bear
It’s my life baby, but I don’t care
Ain’t that tough enough
Ain’t that tough enough
Ain’t that tough enough
Ain’t that tough enough
For you baby, I would swim the sea
Nothing I’d do for you that’s too tough for me
I’d put out a burning building with a shovel and dirt
And not even worry about getting hurt
Ain’t that tough enough
Ain’t that tough enough
Ain’t that tough enough
Ain’t that tough enough
– “Tuff Enuff”, The Fabulous Thunderbirds (1986)
But I would walk five hundred miles
And I would walk five hundred more
Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles
To fall down at your door
- The Proclaimers, "500 Miles"
The Church, “Ripple”:
Buckle like a wreck on the cold green sea
Like you were a ripple in my memory
I lent you some collateral to buy new clothes
It went out the window and up your nose
And that’s the end of the honeymoon
Yeah we walked down the aisle for another mile
I’d walk a million miles for one of your smiles
And you can have all the money soon
You’re so deluxe, you’re so divine
You’re so fifty light years ahead of your time
You’re a riddle, you’re a ripple
You’re the human sacrifice to the goddess of ice
Your hairdo is filled with diamonds and lice
And you’re hardly off the nipple
Another little glitch in continuity
Like you were a ripple in my memory
Now I see you standing
With brown leaves falling around
And snow in your hair
Now you’re smiling out the window
Of that crummy hotel
Over Washington Square
Our breath comes out white clouds
Mingles and hangs in the air
Speaking strictly for me
We both could have died then and there
Now you’re telling me
You’re not nostalgic
Then give me another word for it
You who are so good with words
And at keeping things vague
Because I need some of that vagueness now
It’s all come back too clearly
Yes I loved you dearly
And if you’re offering me diamonds and rust
I’ve already paid
In the rolling mist, then he gets on board
Now there’ll be no turning back
Beware that hooded old man at the rudder
And then the lightning flashed and the thunder roared
And people calling out his name
And dancing bones that jabbered and a-moaned on the water
And then the ferryman said,
“There is trouble ahead,
So you must pay me now,” (“Don’t do it!”)
“You must pay me now,” (“Don’t do it!”)
And still that voice came from beyond,
"Whatever you do,
Don’t pay the ferryman
Don’t even fix a price
Don’t pay the ferryman
Until he gets you to the other side."
– “Don’t Pay the Ferryman”, Chris de Burgh (1982)
All our times have come
Here but now they’re gone
Seasons don’t fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain… we can be like they are
Come on baby… don’t fear the reaper
Baby take my hand… don’t fear the reaper
We’ll be able to fly… don’t fear the reaper
Have you ever been alone at night
Thought you heard footsteps behind
And turned around and no-one’s there?
And as you quicken up your pace
You find it hard to look again
Because you’re sure there’s someone there
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have constant fear that something’s always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone’s always there
Watching horror films the night before
Debating witches and folklore
The unknown troubles on your mind
Maybe your mind is playing tricks
You sense, and suddenly eyes fix
On dancing shadows from behind
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have constant fear that something’s always near
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark
I have a phobia that someone’s always there
When I’m walking a dark road
I am a man who walks alone
– “Fear of the Dark”, Iron Maiden (1992)
When you walk through a storm
Keep your chin up high
And don’t be afraid of the dark.
At he end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark.
Walk on through the wind,
Walk on through the rain,
Tho’ your dreams be tossed and blown.Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you’ll never walk alone,
You’ll never walk alone.
– “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Carousel
You say the hill’s too steep to climb,
Chiding!
You say you’d like to see me try,
Climbing!
You pick the place and I’ll choose the time
And I’ll climb
The hill in my own way
just wait a while, for the right day
And as I rise above the treeline and the clouds
I look down hear the sound of the things you said today
Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd, smiling
Merciless, the magistrate turns 'round, frowning
and who’s the fool who wears the crown
Go down in your own way
And everyday is the right day
And as you rise above the fear lines in his brown
You look down
Hear the sound of the faces in the crowd
– “Fearless”, Pink Floyd
Put your hand in a party wave (pass around)
Make a shroud pulling combs through a backwash frame
Find the copies in a carbon mount (pass around)
Stroke a pocket with a print of a laughing sound
Get around town
Get around town
Where the people look good
Where the music is loud
Get around town
No need to stand proud
Add your voice to the sound of the crowd
The shades from a pencil peer (pass around)
A fold in an eyelid brushed with fear
The lines on a compact guide (pass around)
A hat with alignment worn inside
Get around town
Get around town
Where the people look good
Where the music is loud
Get around town
No need to stand proud
Add your voice to the sound of the crowd
– “The Sound of the Crowd”, Human League (1981)
When you’re alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go downtown
When you’ve got worries, all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know, downtown
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- “Downtown”, Petula Clark (1965)**