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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 none 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 you 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 |