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The eastern world it is exploding |
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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 whats 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 |
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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 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, 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 of destruction |
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Yeah my blood's so mad feels like coagulating |
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I'm sitting 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 |
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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 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 four days in space |
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But when you return it's the same old place |
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The pounding 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 tell me |
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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 of destruction |
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Mmm, no, no, you don't believe |
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We're on the eve of destruction |
