Hate your next door neighbor.

[hickman1937]

but don't forget to say grace. Good night.

[flamingyouth]

1. Written by P. F. Sloan when he was a mere 19 years old

Great song.

[hickman1937]

2. I can't believe someone hasn't remade it.

Every word is now.

[flamingyouth]

7. I've always loved that song

[benny05]

3. Oh I thought You meant One Tin Soldier

"Listen children to a story that was written long ago
'bout a kingdom on a mountain and the valley folk below.
On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath a stone,
and the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own.


Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven, justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowin' come the judgment day
on the bloody morning after one tin soldier rides away.


So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill
asking for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill.
Came an answer from the kingdom: "With our brothers we will share
all the secrets of our mountain, all the riches buried there."


Go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend.
Do it in the name of heaven, justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowin' come the judgment day
on the bloody morning after one tin soldier rides away.


Now the valley cried with anger; mount your horses, draw your sword,
and they killed the mountain people, so they won their just reward.
Now they stood beside the treasure on the mountain, dark and red,
turned the stone and looked beneath it. "Peace on earth" was all it said."

From the movie Billy Jack, recorded by Coven...

[flamingyouth]

4. Also a great song

Too bad, some things never change.

[hickman1937]

5. Nope, it's this one. I can't believe no one remembers it.

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
And 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 whole 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 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


And think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
Ah you may leave here for four days in space
But when you return it's the same old place
The poundin' 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


But you tell me over, and over, and over, and over again my friend
You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
No, no, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

[Bouncy Ball]

6. WOW

Stunningly relevant. I've never heard of it before.

[hickman1937]

9. It was written for Viet Nam,

Funny how those who didn't know their history, decided to repeat it.

[benny05]

12. Now I Remember It

Because it was "Eve Of Destruction"
by Barry McGuire; 60's tune

[RagingInMiami]

8. I like that song but it's been a while since I heard it

Are there any websites where I can download it?

[hickman1937]

10. I don't know. I'll look.

[hickman1937]

11. Sorry, but I can't find him.

Only his new stuff. He apparently got religion.