Eve of Destruction (Revisited)
ESL - August 2014, Woodhaven

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The eastern world, it is exploding
Violence flarin', bullets loadin'
And the bells of war are once more a-ringing
You're old enough to kill, but not for drinkin'
What the Hell are all o'them, senators thinking'

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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
You know them old ICBM's, didn't quite go away

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But 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'
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation.
Handful of senators don't pass legislation
And marchin' alone can't bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin'
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'

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But you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe We're on the eve of destruction.

Then take a look around to Ferguson, Missouri
Then ask yourself why is there no grand jury
To stop the hatred the brutality and and all that lootin,
Before they all stop talking and they all start shooting
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace

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But you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, 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.
 

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