Eve of Destruction

Barry McGuire

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The	Eastern world	it is ex	plodin’,	violence flarin’ and	bullets loadin	’,

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You’re	old enough to kill, but	not for	votin’,

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You	don’t believe in war, but’s	what’s that gun you’re totin’?

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And	even the Jordan River has	bodies	floatin’

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But you	tell me,	over and	over and o	ver again my fr	iend,

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Ah, yo	u don’t believe we’re	on the Eve of De	struction.

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Don’t you understand what I’m	tryin’ to	say?	Can’t you feel the fear that I’m	feelin’ t	oday?

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If the	button is pushed there’s no	running a	way,

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There’ll be	no one to save with the	world in a	grave.

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Take a	look around you boy, it’s	bound to scare you	boy,

chorus

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But you	tell me,	over and	over and o	ver again my fr	iend,

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Ah, yo	u don’t believe we’re	on the Eve of De	struction.

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My	blood’s so mad feels	like coagu	latin’,	I’m sittin’ here	just contem	platin’

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You	can’t twist the truth it	knows no regu	lation, and a	handful of Senators don’t	pass legis	lation.

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Marches alone can’t	bring inte	gration, when	human respect is	disinte	gratin’.

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This whole crazy world is	just too frus	tratin’.

chorus

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But you	tell me,	over and	over and o	ver again my fr	iend,

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Ah, yo	u don’t believe we’re	on the Eve of De	struction.

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Think of all the hate there	is in Red	China, then	take a look around to	Selma, Ala	bama!

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You may leave here for	four days in	space, But	when you return, it’s the	same old	place.

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The	pounding drums, the	pride and dis	grace, you can	bury your dead, but don’t	leave a	trace,

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Hate your next door neighbor, but	don’t forget to	say grace.

chorus

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But you	tell me,	over and	over and o	ver again my fr	iend,

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Ah, yo	u don’t believe we’re	on the Eve of De	struction.