Over the ashes of marched the civilized soldiers Over the ruins of the French fortress of a Over the silent of the dead and the dying Saying be reassured, we seek no wider war
The treaties were signed, the country was split into But growing numbers of prisons built for protection Rapidly filling with who called for elections But please be reassured, we no wider war
Ngo Diem was the puppet who danced for the power The hero of hate who gambled on hell for his Father of his country was on the medals we showered But please be reassured, we no wider 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 know he was killed by So please be reassured, we seek no war
And fires spitting at forests in defoliation the people were pressed into camps not called concentration And the greater the the greater the shame of the nation But please be reassured, we no wider war
we were watching the prisoners were tested by torture And vicious and gasses maintained the order As the finest Washington minds found for slaughter But please be reassured, we no wider war
Then over the border the Bay of Pigs planes of persuasion All remaining honor went up in flames of But the shattered never learned that it's not escalation But be reassured, we seek no wider war
We're teaching freedom for which they are yearning were dragging them down to the path of never returning But we'll condescend to talk while the are burning But be reassured, we seek no wider war
And the evil is done in hopes that surrenders But the of the devil are burned too deep in the embers And a world of hunger in vengeance always remember So be reassured, we seek no wider war We seek no war