Over the ashes of blood marched the civilized Over the ruins of the fortress of a failure Over the silent screams of the and the dying Saying be reassured, we seek no wider war
The treaties were signed, the was split into sections But growing numbers of prisons built for protection filling with people who called for elections But be reassured, we seek no wider war
Ngo Dinh Diem was the who danced for the power The of hate who gambled on hell for his hour of his country was stamped on the medals we showered But please be reassured, we seek no war
Machine gun bullets became the bloody And the 'copters don't 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 in defoliation While the people were pressed into camps not concentration And the greater the the greater the shame of the nation But be reassured, we seek no wider war
While we were the prisoners were tested by torture And vicious and gasses maintained the order As the finest Washington found slogans for slaughter But please be reassured, we no wider war
Then the border came the Bay of Pigs planes of persuasion All remaining honor up in flames of invasion But the shattered schools never learned that it's not But please be reassured, we seek no war
teaching people freedom for which they are yearning While were dragging them to the path of never 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 world of hunger in vengeance always remember So be reassured, we seek no wider war We no wider war