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Eve of Destruction Lyrics by Joe Perry

Sweetzerland Manifesto

2018

Well, this whole 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'?
And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin'
And 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 trying to say?
Can't you feel the fears that I'm feeling today?
If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away
There'll be no one to save with the whole world in 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
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, blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin'
I'm sittin' here, just contemplatin'
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation
A handful of senators don't pass legislation
And marches alone can't bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin'
This whole crazy world is just, just too frustratin'
And you tell me over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
And you tell me over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
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"Eve of Destruction" appears on "Sweetzerland Manifesto" in 2018.

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