Barry McGuire's "Eve Of Destruction"
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, but 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
Ah, you don't believe
We're on the eve
of destruction.
Don't you understand what I'm tryin; to say
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
And you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe
We're on the eve
of destruction.
Yeah, my blood's so mad feels like coagulatin
I'm sitting here just contemplatin'
You can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation.
Handful of senators don't pass 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.
Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
You may leave here for 4 days in space
But when you return, it's the same old place
The poundin' of the drum, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say prayers
And tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend
You don't believe
We're on the eve
Of destruction
Mm, no no, you don't believe
We're on the eve
of destruction
Pre...MUD
Hey MUD! Thanks for postin' that. Barry is a good friend of mine. We used to attend the same church together out in California back in the late 70's. He just about killed me once when we were out riding mini-bikes.
Geshhhh.
Buy 'em books & send 'em to school.
...& just look what they do.
Mideastern world...tyrants implodin'...
RATS dispairin'...Right's emboldened!!
Reject John Kerry's swill...be righteous voters...
Decry the need fer War...believe the SwiftVetBoaters...
'Cuz without soldiers fer FReedom, FReedom's verboten!!
Lib'rals tell me...
Over and over, "It's over...we're dead!!"...my FRiends...
Folks, I don't believe...we're on the Eve of Destruction!!
Join our righteous band, we're just dyin' to play...
Must reject RATS' fears...and FReepin's the way!!
When the Lib'rals are crushed...it's a true glory day!!
Gotta Country to save...put fascists in their graves!!
Lib'ral kooks astound ya, boy...TRUTH's bound to scare you, boy!!
Mudyuh tells me...
Over and over, "It's over, we're dead!!"...my FRiends...
Still, I won't believe...we're on the eve of destruction!!
Sure. Ol' MUD's so mad...at Left's belly-achin'...
RATS peddle Fear...Left's Power's fadin'...
Medyuh twists the Truth...monopoly is breakin'!!
Two blow-dried Senators...DemRATS must be quakin'!!
Dem marchers are stoned...virtue's been forsaken...
All humans expect...Righteous Liberation!!
Thw whole Lib'ral World...let's just eradicate it!!
Sosh'lists tell me...
Over and over, "It's over...we're dead!!", my FRiends...
Right, we can't believe...we're on the Eve of Destruction!!
Next, we'll liberate...people of Red China...
Ron Reagan showed US how...by whuppin' Commie Russia!!
Dem Lib'rals fear the whole human race...
Sosh'lism's been spurned...Guv'ment's been disgraced!!
Great devolution's come...cede Power to the States!!
Bureaucracy's tax-fed...Income Tax erased!!
Love yer next-door neighbor...and don't fergit to say Grace!!
RATS tell me...
Over and over and over, "It's over...we're dead!!"...my FRiends...
Folks now believe...Left's on the Eve of Extinction!!"
Mmmm, yes folks, Liberty...demands the Lib'rals' destruction!!
Mudboy Slim