The Eastern world, it is exploding,
violence flaring, bullets loading,
you're old enough to kill
Yeah, but not for voting,
you don't believe in war,
but what's that gun you're toting?
And even the Jordan River
But you tell me over and over
we're on the eve of destruction
I don't understand what I'm tryin' to say
there ain't no runnin' away
There'll be no one to save
Take a look around you boy
Yeah, it's bound to scare your boy,
I'm sittin' here just contemplatin'
You can't change the truth,
cause it knows no regulations
When a handful of senators
they can't bring integration
And hu man respect, well,
And this whole fuckin' world,
it's just too frustrating
But you tell me over and over
My friend, how do you believe
Think of all the hate there
Yeah, but when you return,
well, it's the same old place
The pounding of the drums,
You can bury your dead, ah,
And hate your next -door neighbor,
but don't forget to say grace
And tell me, over and over
we're on the eve of destruction
Oh, I said you don't believe
we're on the eve of destruction
