Eve of Destruction - The Pretty Things

Eastern world it is exploding

The violence flarin', bullets reloadin'

You’re old enough to kill but not for votin'

You don’t believe in war, but what’s that gun you’re toting

And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'

And you tell me

Over and over and over again my friend

You don’t believe

We’re on the eve of destruction

Don’t you understand what I’m tryin' to say

And can’t you feel the fears I’m feelin' today

If the button is pushed there’s no runnin' 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

When the human respect is disintegrating

And the whole crazy world is just too frustrating

And you tell me

Over and over and over again my friend

You don’t believe

We’re on the eve of destruction.

Ah you don’t believe

We’re on the eve of destruction.

Oh no!

Think of all the hate there is in Red China

Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama

Oh you might leave here for four days in space

But when you return it’s the same old place

The pounding of the drum, 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.

And you can tell me

Over and over and over again my friend

You don’t believe

We’re on the eve of destruction.

You say you don’t believe

We’re on the eve of destruction.

You don’t believe

We’re on the eve of destruction.