Over the of blood marched the civilized soldiers Over the ruins of the fortress of a failure Over the 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 numbers of prisons were for protection filling with people who called for elections But please be reassured, we no wider war
Ngo Dinh Diem was the who danced for the power The hero of hate who gambled on for his hour Father of his country was 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 killed by 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 victory the greater the shame of the But please be reassured, we no wider war
While we were the prisoners were tested by torture And vicious and gasses maintained the order As the finest Washington found slogans for slaughter But please be reassured, we seek no war
Then over the came the Bay of Pigs planes of persuasion All honor went up in flames of invasion But the schools never learned that it's not escalation But please be reassured, we no wider war
We're teaching people freedom for they are yearning were dragging them down to the path of never returning But we'll condescend to talk the cities are burning But be reassured, we seek no wider war
And the is done in hopes that evil surrenders But the deeds of the devil are burned too deep in the And a world of hunger in will always remember So please be reassured, we no wider war We no wider war