Over the ashes of blood marched the soldiers Over the ruins of the French of a failure Over the silent screams of the dead and the Saying please be reassured, we no wider war
The were signed, the country was split into sections But growing numbers of 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 on the medals we showered But please be reassured, we no wider war
Machine gun bullets became the baptizers And the falcon 'copters care if someone's the wiser But the boy in the swamp know he was killed by advisers So please be reassured, we no wider war
And were spitting at forests in defoliation While the people were into camps not called concentration And the greater the the greater the shame of the nation But please be reassured, we seek no war
While we watching the prisoners were tested by torture And vicious and violent gasses the order As the Washington minds found slogans for slaughter But please be reassured, we seek no war
Then the border came the Bay of Pigs planes of persuasion All honor went up in flames 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 which they are While were dragging them down to the path of returning But we'll condescend to while 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 in the embers And a world of hunger in will always remember So be reassured, we seek no wider war We seek no war