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legoline ([personal profile] legoline) wrote2004-05-04 08:14 pm

Thoughts...

Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire

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’
And 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
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

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, my blood’s so mad feels like coagulatin’
I’m sitting here just contemplatin’
You can’t twist the truth, it knows no regulation.
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 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.

Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
You may leave here for 4 days in space
But when you return, it’s the same old place
The poundin’ of the drum, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead, but don’t leave a trace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don’t forget to say grace
And… tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend
You don’t believe
We’re on the eve
Of destruction
Mm, no no, you don’t believe
We’re on the eve
of destruction.



Isn't it scary how things don't seem to have changed at all since that song was written?

[identity profile] miss-nightowl.livejournal.com 2004-05-04 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
Ah... I figured you were on with another LOTR quote and was wrecking my brain to figure out from which chapter whis one was taken from... *smacks forhead*
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[identity profile] legoline.livejournal.com 2004-05-04 11:45 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... sorry ... well I guess I'll have to put the title there then, eh? anyway ... I can't just leave you without another LOTR quote then .... I'll post another one ... and you better guess it right *lol*

[identity profile] miss-nightowl.livejournal.com 2004-05-04 12:05 pm (UTC)(link)
*giggles* I think you caught me on a bad brain-day today, but ok, I´ll have a go... ;o)
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[identity profile] legoline.livejournal.com 2004-05-04 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Bad brain day? *lol* That's what my days are usually like ;o)