EVE OF DESTRUCTION

The eastern world it is exploding Violence flaring, bullets loading You're old enough to kill but not for voting You don't believe in war but what's that gun you're toting And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin' But you tell me Over and over and over again my friend You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction Don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say And can't you understand the fears I'm feelin' today If the button is pushed there's no runnin' away No one to save with the world in a gravy Take a look around you boy it's bound to scare you boy But you tell me Over and over and over again my friend You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction Yeah my blood's so mad it feels like coagulating I'm sitting here just contemplating I can't twist the truth it knows no regulation Handful of senators don't pass legislation And marches alone can't bring integration When human respect is disintigratin' This whole crazy world is too frustration' But you tell me Over and over and over again my friend You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction You think of all the hate there is in Red China Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama You may leave here for four days in space But when you return it's the same old place The pounding of the drums the pride and disgrace You can bury your dead but don't leave a trace Hate your next - door neighdor But don't sit on my face (forget to say grace) But you tell me Over and over and over again my friend You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction But you tell me Over and over and over again my friend You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction