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Eve Of Destruction

In the style of

Barry McGuire

Lyrics

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
but what's that gun
you're totin'

and even
the jordan river
has bodies floatin'
but ya

tell me over and
over and over again
my friend
ah you don't believe
we're on the
eve of destruction

don't ya understand
what i'm tryin' to say
and can't ya
feel the fears
i'm feelin' today

if the button is pushed
there's no
runnin' away
there'll be
no one to save
with the world
in a grave

take a look
around ya boy
it's bound to
scare ya boy
and ya

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 ya

tell me over and
over and over again
my friend
ah you don't believe
we're on the
eve of destruction

and think of
all the hate
there is in red china
then take
a look around
to selma alabama

a-you may leave here
for four days in space
but when you 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

tell me over and
over and over
and over again
my friend
you don't believe
we're on the
eve of destruction

mm no no
you don't believe
we're on the
eve of destruction

Details

• Duration : 3:36
• Key : D
• Genre : Pop
• Year released : 1965
• Language : English

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