This whole crazy world is just too frustratin’ You can’t twist the truth, it knows no regulationĪ handful of Senators don’t pass legislationĪnd marches alone can’t bring integration
Yeah, my blood’s so mad, feels like coagulatin’ Take a look around you, boy, it’s bound to scare you boyĪnd you tell me over and over and over again my friendĪh you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction. There’ll be no one to save with the world in a grave If the button is pushed, there’s no running away You don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction.ĭon’t you understand, what I’m trying to say?Ĭan’t you see the fears that I’m feeling today?
You don’t believe in war, what’s that gun you’re totin’Īnd even the Jordan river has bodies floatin’īut you tell me over and over and over again my friend, You’re old enough to kill but not for votin’ The best known of these was Dawn of Correction, released by vocal trio The Spokesmen in late 1965.
Its provocative lyrics sparked a great deal of political commentary, as well as several musical responses. Its lyrics also scold Americans for their hypocrisy: for conscripting those too young to vote, and for criticising the hatred in communist countries while they still wrestled with domestic racism.Įve of Destruction received plenty of radio airplay and, in September 1965, reached number one on the US singles chart. Through its foreboding lyrics and McGuire’s gravelly vocals, Eve of Destruction warns of escalating violence and an imminent nuclear holocaust. Sloan and released by Barry McGuire in 1965, Eve of Destruction is one of the best-known protest songs of the Cold War era.
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