Eastern world is exploding, violence flaring out, bullets loaden
You're old enough to kill but not for voting
You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're toting
Oh, and even the Jordan river's bodies floating

And you tell me over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

Well, can't you see what I'm trying to say?
Can't you feel the fear I'm feeling today?
When the button is pushed, there's no running away
There'll be no one to save when the world is a grave
Take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy

And you tell me over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
Yeah, you tell me over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't see we're on the eve of destruction

Well, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulation
I'm sitting here, I'm contemplating
You can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation
And a handful of Senators can't pass legislation

Oh, and marches alone, well, can't bring integration
When human respect is just disintegrating
Human respect is just disintegrating

And you tell me over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
Yes, you tell me over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
Well, you may leave here for four days in space
But when you return it's the same old place

Oh, the pounding of the drums, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead, yeah, but don't leave a trace
You hate your next door neighbor but you still say grace
You hate your next door neighbor but you still say grace

Then you tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
Yeah, you tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't see we're on the eve of destruction
Oh, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction