Over the ashes of marched the civilized soldiers Over the of the French fortress of a failure Over the silent screams of the and the dying please be reassured, we seek no wider war
The treaties were signed, the country was into sections But growing numbers of were built for protection Rapidly filling with people who called for But be reassured, we seek no wider war
Ngo Dinh Diem was the puppet who danced for the The hero of hate who gambled on hell for his Father of his country was stamped on the we showered But be reassured, we seek no wider 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 killed by So please be reassured, we no wider war
And fires spitting at forests in defoliation While the people were pressed into camps not called And the greater the victory the the shame of the nation But be reassured, we seek no wider war
While we were the prisoners were tested by torture And vicious and violent gasses the order As the Washington minds found slogans for slaughter But be reassured, we seek no wider war
Then over the border came the Bay of Pigs planes of All honor went up in flames of invasion But the shattered schools never learned that it's not But please be reassured, we seek no war
We're people freedom for which they are yearning While were dragging down to the path of never returning But we'll condescend to talk while the cities are But be reassured, we seek 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 will always remember So please be reassured, we no wider war We no wider war