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 tryin’ to say

Can’t you 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 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 sitting here just contemplatin’

You 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

You may leave here for 4 days in space

But when you return, it’s the same old place

The poundin’ of the drum, 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 prayers



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