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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, but what's that gun you're totin'And even the Jordan River |
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Has bodies floatin' |
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But you tell me |
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Over and over and over again, my friend |
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Ah, you don't believe |
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We're on the eve |
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Of destruction. |
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Don't you understand what I'm tryin'to say |
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Can't you feel the fears I'm feelin'today? |
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If the button is pushed, there's no runnin'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 |
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It's bound to scare you boy |
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And you tell me |
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Over and over and over again, my friend |
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Ah, you don't believe |
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We're on the eve |
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Of destruction. |
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Yeah, my blood's so mad feels like coagulatin'I'm sitting here just contemplatin' |
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You 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'This whole crazy world is just too |
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Frustratin' |
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And you tell me |
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Over and over and over again, my friend |
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Ah, you don't believe |
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We're on the eve |
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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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You may leave here for 4 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 drum, 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'tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend |
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You don't believe |
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We're on the eve |
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Of destruction |
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Mm, no no, you don't believe |
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We're on the eve |
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Of destruction. |