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