Barry Mcquire - Eve Of Destruction

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Lyrics from the MIDI .kar music file

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,
well 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 trying to say?
Can't you feel the fears that I'm feeling today?
If the button is pushed,
there's no running 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 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,
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!
Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space,
but when you return, it's the same old place,
the poundin' of the drums, the 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 again my friend,
ah, you don't believe
we're on the eve of destruction.
You don't believe
we're on the eve of destruction.