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Eve of Destruction

from Works by Steve Skinner

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The Eastern Wold
It is exploding
Violence flaring
Bullets loading

You're old enough to die
But not for voting
You don't believe in war
But what's that gun you're toting?
And even the River Jordan's
Got bodies floating

And you tell me
Over and over and over again my friend
That 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 time to escape
They'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
Ahh you don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction

My blood's so mad
Feel's like coagulating
I'm sitting here just contemplating
You can't twist the truth
It knows no regulation
A handful of senators
Won't pass legislation
And marches alone
Won't end segregation
When human respect is disintegrating
And this whole world is so frustrating

And you tell me
Over and over and over again my friend
Ahh you don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction

Look at all the hate
There is in Red China
Then take a look around
In North Carolina
You can leave here
For four days in space
But when you return
It's the same old place
The pounding of drums
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 again my friend
Ahh you don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction

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from Works, released January 1, 2020
Voice and guitar - Steve Skinner
Voice and Guitar - Scott Torello
Harmonica and Voice - Kristy Bosse

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Steve Skinner Carbondale, Colorado

Music from the heart and head, the campfire and the cosmos.

Steve Skinner is a trendsetting trailblazer who does things the old fashioned way. He spends time in the desert canyon rivers playing concerts for great blue herons and canyon wrens.

The best way to reach him is to sing into a downstream breeze and then hold your breath to hear the answer. ... more

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