Over the ashes of blood marched the civilized Over the ruins of the fortress of a failure Over the silent screams of the dead and the please be reassured, we seek no wider war
The were signed, the country was split into sections But growing numbers of were built for protection Rapidly filling with people who called for But please be reassured, we no wider war
Ngo Dinh Diem was the who danced for the power The hero of who gambled on hell for his hour Father of his country was stamped on the medals we But be reassured, we seek no wider war
Machine gun bullets the bloody baptizers And the 'copters don't care if someone's the wiser But the boy in the swamp didn't he was killed by advisers So please be reassured, we seek no war
And fires were spitting at in defoliation While the people were pressed into camps not concentration And the greater the the greater the shame of the nation But please be reassured, we seek no war
we were watching the prisoners were tested by torture And vicious and violent gasses maintained the As the finest Washington minds found for slaughter But be reassured, we seek no wider war
Then over the border came the Bay of Pigs of persuasion All remaining went up in flames 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 were dragging them 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 is done in hopes that evil surrenders But the deeds of the devil are burned too deep in the And a world of in vengeance will always remember So please be reassured, we no wider war We seek no war