Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction

      
 
 EVE OF DESTRUCTION
 (Barry McGuire)
 
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 The Eastern world it is explodin', 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 over again my friend,
 
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 Ah, you don't believe we're on the Eve of Destruction.
 
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 Don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say?  Can't you feel the fear that I'm feelin' today?
 
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 If the button is pushed there's no running away,
 
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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,
 
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 But you tell me, over and over and over again my friend,
 
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 Ah, you don't believe we're on the Eve of Destruction.
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 My blood's so mad feels like coagulatin', I'm sittin' here just contemplatin'
 
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 You can't twist the truth it knows no regulation, and a handful of Senators don't pass legislation.
 
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 Marches alone can't bring integration, when human respect is disintegratin'.
 
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 This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'.
 
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 But you tell me, over and over and over again my friend,
 
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 Ah, you don't believe we're on the Eve of Destruction.
 
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 Think of all the hate there is in Red China, then take a look around to Selma, Alabama!
 
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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 disgrace, 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.
 
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 But you tell me, over and over and over again my friend,
 
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 Ah, you don't believe we're on the Eve of Destruction.
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 "May the farce remain with us, always" skaeser@hr.house.gov (wk)
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