Eve Of Destruction

The Eastern world

it is explodin'

Violence flares and bullets loadin'.

You're old enough to kill but not for votin'

You don't believe in war but what's that gun you're totin'

And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin'.

And you tell me over and over and over again

my friend

That you don't believe

we're on the eve of destruction.

Now

don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say

And can't you feel the fears I'm feelin' today.

If the button is pushed there'll be no runnin' away

There's no one to save when the world's in a grave.

Take a look around you

boy

it's bound to scare you

boy.

And you tell me over and over and over again; my friend

. . .

Yeah

my blood's so mad

feels like coagulatin'

I'm sittin' here just contemplatin'.

But I can't twist the truth

it knows no regulations

A 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

. . .

When I think of all the people way out there in China

Then I take a look around me at Selma

Alabama.

Now

you may leave here

for four days in space

But when you retrun

it's the same old place.

It's the poundin' of the drums

the pride and disgrace

You can bury your dead

but don't leave a trace.

Hate your next-door-neighbour

but donY fol'get to say grace.

And you tell me over and over and over again

my friend

. . .