Eve of Destruction

The eastern world it is explodin'
Violence is flarin' and the bullets are loadin'
You're old enough to kill but not for votin'
You don't believe in war then what's that gun you're totin'?
And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'

And ya tell me
Over and over and over again my friend
Uh, ya don't believe we're on the Eve of Destruction

Well don't you understand what I'm trying to say
Ya, can't ya feel the fears I'm feelin' today?
If the button is pushed there's no runnin' away
And there will be no one to save with the world in a grave
Take a look around you boy it's bound to scare ya, boy

And ya tell me
Over and over and over again my friend
Uh, ya don't believe we're on the Eve of Destruction

Well my blood's so mad it feels like coagulatin'
So I'm just sitting here just contemplatin'
You can't twist the truth it has no regulation
And a handful of senators don't pass legislation
And marchers alone won't bring intervention
When human respect is disintegratin'
This whole fuckin' world is just so frustratin'

And ya tell me
Over and over and over again my friend
Uh, ya don't believe we're on the Eve of Destruction

Think of all the hate there is in Red China
And take a look around in your own back yard
You may leave here for four days in space
And when you return It's the same old place
The pounding of the drums the frightened and discgrace
You can bury yout dead but don't leave a trace
And hate your next door neighbour but don't forget to say grace

You tell me
Over and over and over and over again my friend
But don't believes we're on the Eve of Destruction

Oh-h-h, no, you don't believe that we're on the Eve of Destruction