Reply #47: "Eve Of Destruction"

[UnbrainwashedYouth]

I always liked that one by Barry McGuire, written about the Cold War.
Hey everybody, this is my first post here. I would have started a thread to introduce myself, but I have to have a few postings first, I guess. Well, I'm probably a little younger than most of you (17), but I have a ton of animosity towards the Thief-in-Chief and the rest of the current administration. I despise most righties, so do I fit the criteria?
Anyway, here's the lyrics:

The Eastern world, it is explodin'
Violence flarin', bullets loadin'
You're old enough to kill, but not for votin'
You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'?
An' even the Jordan river has bodies floatin'

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

Don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say
An' can't you feel the fears I'm feelin' today?
If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away
There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave
Take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy

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

Yeah, my blood's so mad feels like coagulatin'
I'm sittin' here just contemplatin'
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation
Handful of senators don't pass legislation
An' marches alone can't bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin'
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'
An' 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
Ah, you may leave here for four days in space
But when you return it's the same ol' place
The poundin' of the drums, the pride an' disgrace
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace

An' tell me, over and over and over again, my friend
You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
No, no, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction