Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace
But when you return, it's the same old place
You may leave here for 4 days in space
You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'
We're on the eve
If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away
And marches alone can't bring integration
Over and over and over again, my friend
Don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe
You don't believe
And you tell me
There'll be no one to save, with the world in a grave
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
You're old enough to kill, but not for votin'
Take a look around you boy
We're on the eve
Of destruction
Mm, no no, you don't believe
Of destruction
The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace
Of destruction
And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'
We're on the eve
We're on the eve
And? tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend
Over and over and over again, my friend
I'm sitting here just contemplatin'
Ah, you don't believe
Handful of senators don't pass legislation
We're on the eve
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation
When human respect is disintegratin'
Ah, you don't believe
Yeah, my blood's so mad feels like coagulatin'
And you tell me
Think of all the hate there is in Red China
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace
Of destruction
Can't you feel the fears I'm feelin' today?
It's bound to scare you boy
But you tell me
