Eve Of Destruction Lyrics - Singles - Barry Mcguire

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 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 feel the fears that I'm feeling today? 

If the button is pushed, there's no running away 

There'll be none to save with the world 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 

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 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 

No, no 

You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction