Over the ashes of blood marched the civilized Over the of the French fortress of a failure Over the screams of the dead and the dying Saying please be reassured, we seek no war
The treaties signed, the country was split into sections But growing numbers of prisons built for protection Rapidly filling with people who 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 Father of his was stamped on the medals we showered But be reassured, we seek no wider war
Machine gun bullets became the bloody And the 'copters don't care if someone's the wiser But the boy in the swamp didn't know he was by advisers So please be reassured, we seek no war
And fires were at forests in defoliation While the were pressed into camps not called concentration And the the victory 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 violent gasses the order As the finest Washington minds slogans for slaughter But be reassured, we seek no wider war
over the border came the Bay of Pigs planes of persuasion All remaining went up in flames of invasion But the shattered schools learned that it's not escalation But be reassured, we seek no wider war
teaching people freedom for which they are yearning While were them down to the path of never returning But we'll condescend to while the cities are burning But be reassured, we seek no wider war
And the evil is done in hopes that surrenders But the deeds of the devil are burned too in the embers And a world of hunger in vengeance will remember So please be reassured, we no wider war We no wider war