Eve of Destruction

Eve of Destruction - American Prophet

Written by：Steve Barri/P. F. Sloan

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

You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

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

You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

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

Marches alone don't bring integration

When human respect is disintegratin'

This whole crazy world is so frustratin'

Tell me over and over and over again my friend

You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

No 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

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 again my friend

You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

No you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction