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JT45242

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Wed Oct 13, 2021, 01:28 PM Oct 2021

Eve of destruction lyrics and today

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

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

Was listening to music while I was working and these lyrics from Barry McGuire's Eve of destruction really struck me as so fitting for today.

Manchin and Sinema (handful of senators) don't pass legislation
Post Floyd marches by so many people -- and we have even more rising white supremacists storming the Capitol

I truly fear that unless those handful of Senators get on board ... we are truly on the eve of destruction -- first of our democracy and then the world because hate will spurn more wars to fuel the military-industrial complex as it has since Reagan because it is a great way to profiteer.

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Eve of destruction lyrics and today (Original Post) JT45242 Oct 2021 OP
The lyrics are great and his voice and feeling made it an instant hit twodogsbarking Oct 2021 #1
One of the great songs of the 60s. Tomconroy Oct 2021 #2
K & R...one of my all time favorite protest songs of the 60's...nt Wounded Bear Oct 2021 #3
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