Eve of Destruction - Eleanor McEvoy

The eastern world is explodin'

Violence flarin' and 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'

And you tell me over and over and over again my friends

How you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction

Well can’t you see what I’m trying to say?

Can’t you feel the fear I’m feeling today?

When the button is pushed, there’s no running away

There’ll be no one to save when the world is 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 friends

How you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction

Yeah, you tell me over and over and over again my friends

How you don’t see we’re on the eve of destruction

Well, my blood’s so mad, feels like coagulatin'

I’m sittin' here, I’m contemplatin'

You can’t twist the truth, it knows no regulation

And a handful of Senators don’t pass legislation

One march alone can’t bring integration

And human respect is just disintegratin'

Human respect is just disintegratin'

And you tell me over and over and over again my friends

How you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction

Yes, you tell me over and over and over again my friends

How 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

Oh, the poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace

You can bury your dead, yeah, but don’t leave a trace

You hate your next-door neighbour, but you still stay grace

You hate your next-door neighbour, but you still stay grace

Then you tell me over and over and over again my friends

How you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction

Yeah, you tell me over and over and over and over again

My friends

How you don’t see we’re on the eve of destruction

Oh, you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction