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 see the fear
That I'm feeling today?
If the button is pushed
There's no running away
There'll be noone to save
With the world in a grave
Take a look around you, boy
It's bound to scare you, boy
But 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
No no
You don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction