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?
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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,
        D          G        A        D              Bm
And 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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I can't twist the truth it knows no regulation,
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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'.
         D       G        A        D              Bm
But you tell me, over and over and over again my friend,
         G                  A                 D           G     A
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,
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Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama!
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You may leave here for four days in space, 
      D                        G        A
But when you return, it's the same old place.
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The pounding of the drums, the pride and disgrace,
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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.
     D       G        A        D               Bm
And tell me, over and 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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you don't believe we're on the Eve of Destruction.