Eve of Destruction Songtext / Lyric

The eastern world it tis 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
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 noone 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,
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
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!
you may leave here, for four days in space
but when your return, it's the same old place
the poundin' of the drums, th pride and disgrace
you can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace
hate your next-door-neighbour, but don't forget to say grace
and you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend
you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction