Over the of blood marched the civilized soldiers Over the ruins of the fortress of a failure Over the screams of the dead and the dying Saying please be reassured, we seek no war
The were signed, the country was split into sections But growing numbers of were built for protection Rapidly filling with who called for elections But please be reassured, we seek no war
Ngo Diem was the puppet 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 please be reassured, we no wider war
Machine gun bullets became the baptizers And the falcon 'copters care if someone's the wiser But the boy in the swamp didn't he was killed by advisers So be reassured, we seek no wider war
And fires were at forests in defoliation While the were pressed into camps not called concentration And the greater the victory the greater the shame of the But please be reassured, we seek no war
we were watching the prisoners were tested by torture And vicious and gasses maintained the order As the finest Washington minds slogans for slaughter But please be reassured, we no wider war
Then over the border 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 please be reassured, we no wider war
We're teaching people freedom for they are yearning While were dragging them down to the of never returning But we'll condescend to talk while the cities are But be reassured, we seek no wider war
And the evil is done in that evil surrenders But the deeds of the devil are burned too deep in the And a world of hunger in vengeance will remember So please be reassured, we seek no war We no wider war