The eastern world it is explodin',
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violence flarin', bullets loadin',
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you're old enough to kill but not for votin',
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you don't believe in war, what's that gun you're totin',
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and even the Jordan river has bodies floatin',
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but you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
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ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
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Don't you understand, what I'm trying to say?
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Can't you see the fear that I'm feeling today?
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If the button is pushed, there's no running away,
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There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave,
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take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy,
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but you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
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ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
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Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin',
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I'm sittin' here, just contemplatin',
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I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation,
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handful of Senators don't pass legislation,
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and marches alone can't bring integration,
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when human respect is disintegratin',
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this whole crazy world is just too frustratin',
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and you tell me over and over and over again my friend,
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ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
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Think of all the hate there is in Red China!
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Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama!
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Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space,
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but when your return, it's the same old place,
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the poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace,
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you can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace,
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hate your next-door-neighbor, but don't forget to say grace,
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and you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend,
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ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.
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Eve Of Destruction
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| The Turtles |
