Over the ashes of blood marched the civilized Over the ruins of the French of a failure Over the silent screams of the dead and the please be reassured, we seek no wider war
The treaties were signed, the country was split sections But growing numbers of prisons were built for 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 hate who gambled on 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 bloody And the falcon 'copters don't care if someone's the But the boy in the swamp 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 not called concentration And the greater the victory the greater the shame of the But be reassured, we seek no wider war
While we watching the prisoners were tested by torture And and violent gasses maintained the order As the finest Washington minds found slogans for But please be reassured, we seek no war
Then over the border came the Bay of Pigs of persuasion All remaining honor went up in flames of But the shattered schools never that it's not escalation But please be reassured, we no wider war
We're people freedom for which they are yearning were dragging them down to the path of never returning But we'll condescend to talk while the are burning But be reassured, we seek no wider war
And the evil is done in hopes evil surrenders But the deeds of the devil are burned too in the embers And a world of hunger in will always remember So be reassured, we seek no wider war We no wider war