Over the of blood marched the civilized soldiers Over the ruins of the French of a failure Over the silent screams of the dead and the please be reassured, we seek no wider war
The treaties signed, the country was split into sections But growing numbers of prisons built for protection filling with people who called for elections But please be reassured, we no wider war
Ngo Dinh Diem was the who danced for the power The hero of hate who gambled on hell for his of his country was stamped 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 swamp know he was killed by advisers So please be reassured, we no wider war
And were spitting at forests in defoliation While the people were pressed into camps not called And the greater the victory the the shame of the nation But please be reassured, we seek no war
While we watching the prisoners were tested by torture And vicious and violent maintained the order 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 planes of All remaining honor went up in flames of But the shattered schools never learned that it's not But please be reassured, we seek no war
We're teaching people for which they are yearning While were them down to the path of never returning But condescend to talk while the cities are burning But please be reassured, we seek no war
And the evil is in hopes 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 please be reassured, we no wider war We seek no war