Over the ashes of marched the civilized soldiers Over the of the French fortress of a failure Over the silent screams of the and the dying please be reassured, we seek no wider war
The treaties were signed, the was split into sections But growing of prisons were built for protection Rapidly with people who called for elections But be reassured, we seek no wider war
Ngo Dinh Diem was the puppet who danced for the The hero of who gambled on hell for his hour Father of his was stamped on the medals we showered But please be reassured, we seek no war
Machine gun became the bloody baptizers And the falcon 'copters don't care if the wiser But the boy in the didn't know he was killed by advisers So please be reassured, we no wider war
And fires were spitting at forests in 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 no wider war
we were watching the prisoners were tested by torture And vicious and violent maintained the order As the finest Washington found slogans for slaughter But please be reassured, we 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 dragging them down 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 hopes that evil But the deeds of the are burned too deep in the embers And a world of hunger in vengeance will remember So be reassured, we seek no wider war We seek no war