MUSIC AND CONFLICT:
FROM PATRIOTISM TO PROTEST
Vietnam War Full Song Lyrics
(as referenced on the Vietnam War page)
Eve of Destruction
by Barry McGuire
Hello Vietnam
by Johnny Wright
Ohio
by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
The eastern world it is exploding
Violence flarin', bullets loadin'
You're old enough to kill but not for votin'
You don't believe in war but whats 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 coagulating
I'm sitting 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
Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
You may leave here for four days in space
But when you return it's the same old place
The pounding of the 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 and over again my friend
You don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction
Mmm, no, no, you don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction
Kiss, me goodbye and write me while I'm gone Good, bye, my sweetheart, Hello Viet, nam.
America has heard the bugle, call And you know it involves us, one an all I don't suppose that war will ever end There's fighting that will break us up a gain.
Good bye, my darling, Hello Viet nam A hill to take, a battle to be won Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone Good bye, my sweetheart, Hello Viet nam.
A ship is waiting for us at the dock America has trouble to be stopped We must stop Communism in that land Or freedom will start slipping through our hands.
I hope and pray someday the world will learn That fires we don't put out, will bigger burn We must save freedom now, at any cost Or someday, our own freedom will be lost.
Kiss me goodbye and write me while I'm gone Good bye, my sweetheart, Hello Viet nam.
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.