The eastern world it is exploding Violence flares and bullets loadin' You're old enough to k** and just 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 friend That you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction Now don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say And can't you feel the fears that I'm feelin' today If the bu*ton is pushed there'll be no runnin' away There's no one to save when the world's 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 That 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' And I can't twist the truth it knows no regulations And a handful of senators don't pa** 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 When I think of all the (?) Russia And I take a look around at the (?) in Nebraska You may leave here for four days in space But when you return it's the same old place If the poundin' of the drum (?) 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 That you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction You Tell me over and over and over again, my friend That you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction