Over the ashes of blood the civilized soldiers the ruins 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 signed, the country was split into sections But growing of prisons were built for protection Rapidly filling with people who called for But please be reassured, we no wider war
Ngo Dinh Diem was the puppet who danced for the 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 falcon 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 the people were pressed into camps not called concentration And the greater the victory the the shame of the nation 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 seek no war
over the border came the Bay of Pigs planes of persuasion All remaining went up in flames of invasion But the shattered schools never that it's not escalation But please be reassured, we seek no war
We're teaching people freedom for which are yearning While dragging them down to the path of never returning But we'll condescend to talk while the are burning But please be reassured, we no wider war
And the is done in hopes that evil surrenders But the deeds of the devil are burned too in the embers And a world of in vengeance will always remember So be reassured, we seek no wider war We seek no war