Over the ashes of blood the civilized soldiers Over the of the French fortress of a failure Over the silent screams of the and the dying Saying be reassured, we seek no wider war
The were signed, the country was split into sections But growing of prisons were built for protection filling with people who called for elections But please be reassured, we seek no war
Ngo Dinh Diem was the puppet who for the power The hero of hate who gambled on for his hour of his country was stamped on the medals we showered But please be reassured, we seek no war
Machine gun became the bloody baptizers And the falcon 'copters don't if someone's the wiser But the boy in the swamp didn't know he was by advisers So please be reassured, we seek no war
And fires were spitting at forests in While the people were pressed camps not called concentration And the greater the victory the greater the shame of the But please be reassured, we no wider war
While we were watching the prisoners tested by torture And vicious and violent maintained the order As the finest Washington minds found slogans for But be reassured, we seek no wider war
Then the border came the Bay of Pigs planes of persuasion All honor went up in flames of invasion But the shattered schools never learned that not escalation But be reassured, we seek no wider war
We're people freedom for which they are yearning While were dragging them down to the path of returning But condescend to talk while the cities are burning But be reassured, we seek no wider war
And the evil is done in that evil surrenders But the deeds of the are burned too deep in the embers And a of hunger in vengeance will always remember So please be reassured, we no wider war We no wider war