Eve Of Destruction

"Eve Of Destruction"(originally by Barry McGuire)The eastern world it is explodingViolence flarin', bullets loadinYou're old enough to kill but not for votinYou don't believe in war but whats that gun you're totin'?And even the Jordan River has bodies floatinBut you tell meOver and over and over again my friendAh, you don't believeWe're on the eve of destructionDon't you understand what I'm tryin' to sayCan't you feel the fears I'm feelin' today?If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' awayThere'll be no one to save with the world in a graveTake a look around you boy, it's bound to scare you boyAnd you tell meOver and over and over again my friendAh, you don't believeWe're on the eve of destructionYeah my blood's so mad feels like coagulatingI'm sitting here just contemplatinI can't twist the truth it knows no regulationHandful of senators don't pass legislationAnd marches alone can't bring integrationWhen human respect is disintegratinThis whole crazy world is just too frustratinAnd you tell meOver and over and over again my friendAh, you don't believeWe're on the eve of destructionThink of all the hate there is in Red ChinaThen take a look around to Selma, AlabamaYou may leave here for four days in spaceBut when you return it's the same old placeThe pounding of the drums, the pride and disgraceYou can bury your dead but don't leave a traceHate your next door neighbor but don't forget to say graceAnd tell meOver and over and over and over again my friendYou don't believeWe're on the eve of destructionMmm, no, no, you don't believeWe're on the eve of destruction