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, 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 your 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 and over again my friend, you don´t believe we´re on the eve of destruction. you don´t believe we´re on the eve of destruction.