Over the ashes of blood the civilized soldiers Over the ruins of the fortress of a failure Over the silent of the dead and the dying please be reassured, we seek no wider war
The were signed, the country was split into sections But growing of prisons were built for protection Rapidly with people who called for elections But please be reassured, we no wider war
Ngo Dinh Diem was the puppet who for the power The of hate 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
gun bullets became the bloody baptizers And the falcon 'copters don't care if someone's the But the boy in the swamp didn't know he was by advisers So please be reassured, we seek no war
And fires were spitting at forests in While the were pressed into camps not called concentration 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 and violent gasses maintained 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 honor went up in of invasion But the shattered schools never learned that not escalation But be reassured, we seek no wider war
We're teaching people freedom for they are yearning While dragging them down 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 is done in hopes that evil 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 seek no war We no wider war