Over the of blood marched the civilized soldiers Over the ruins of the French of a failure the silent screams of the dead and the dying Saying please be reassured, we seek no war
The treaties were signed, the country was split sections But growing of prisons were built for protection Rapidly with people who called for elections But please be reassured, we seek no war
Ngo Dinh Diem was the who danced for the power The hero of hate who on hell for his hour Father of his country was stamped on the medals we But please be reassured, we seek no war
Machine gun bullets the bloody baptizers And the falcon 'copters don't 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 people were pressed into camps not called And the greater the victory the greater the of the nation But be reassured, we seek no wider war
While we watching the prisoners were tested by torture And vicious and violent maintained the order As the finest Washington minds slogans for slaughter But be reassured, we seek no wider war
Then over the came the Bay of Pigs planes of persuasion All remaining honor went up in flames of But the shattered schools never learned that it's not But be reassured, we seek no wider war
teaching people freedom for which they are yearning While were dragging them to the path of never returning But we'll condescend to talk while the cities are But please be reassured, we seek no war
And the evil is done in hopes evil surrenders But the deeds of the are burned too deep in the embers And a world of hunger in will always remember So be reassured, we seek no wider war We no wider war