The eastern world, it is exploding
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 ya boy, it´s bound to scare ya 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´
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
You may leave here for 4 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 neighbor, but don´t forget to say grace
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.