Over the of blood marched the civilized soldiers Over the ruins of the French of a failure Over the silent screams of the dead and the Saying please be reassured, we seek no war
The treaties signed, the country was split into sections But numbers of prisons were built for protection Rapidly filling with 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 who gambled on hell for his hour Father of his country was stamped on the we showered But please be reassured, we seek no war
Machine gun bullets the bloody baptizers And the falcon 'copters don't care if the wiser But the boy in the swamp didn't he was killed by advisers So be reassured, we seek no wider war
And fires spitting at forests in defoliation While the people were pressed camps not called concentration And the greater the victory the the shame of the nation But please be reassured, we seek no war
While we were watching the prisoners were tested by And vicious and violent gasses the order As the finest Washington minds slogans for slaughter But please be reassured, we seek no war
Then over the border came the Bay of Pigs planes of All remaining went up in flames of invasion But the shattered schools never learned that not escalation But please be reassured, we seek no war
teaching people freedom for which they are yearning While dragging them down to the path of never returning But we'll condescend to talk while the are burning But please be reassured, we no wider war
And the evil is done in hopes that evil 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 no wider war We no wider war