Eve Of Destruction

The eastern world it is explodin'
Violence flarin' bullets loadin'
You're old enough to kill but not for votin'
You don't believe in war what's that gun you're totin'
And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin'
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend
Ah you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Don't you understand what I'm trying to say?
Can't you see the fear that I'm feeling today?
If the button is pushed there's no running away
There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave
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
Ah you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Yeah my blood's so mad feels like coagulatin'
I'm sittin' here just contemplatin'
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 disintegratin'
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'
And you tell me over and over and over again my friend
Ah you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Think of all the hate there is in Red China!
Then take a look around to Selma Alabama!
Ah you may leave here for four days in space
But when your return it's the same old place
The poundin' of the drums the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead but don't leave a trace
Hate your next-door-neighbor but don't forget to say grace
And you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend
Ah you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.