Over the ashes of marched the civilized soldiers Over the of the French fortress of a failure 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 sections But growing of prisons were built for protection Rapidly with people who called for elections 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 was stamped on the medals we showered But please be reassured, we seek no war
Machine gun bullets became the bloody And the falcon 'copters don't care if someone's the But the boy in the swamp know he was killed by advisers So please be reassured, we seek no war
And fires spitting at forests in defoliation While the were pressed into camps not called concentration 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 finest Washington minds found slogans for But please be reassured, we seek no war
Then over the came the Bay of Pigs planes of persuasion All remaining honor went up in flames of But the shattered schools never learned it's not escalation But be reassured, we seek no wider war
We're teaching freedom for which they are yearning While were them down to the path of never returning But we'll condescend to while the cities are burning But please be reassured, we seek no war
And the is done in hopes that evil surrenders But the deeds of the devil are too deep in the embers And a of hunger in vengeance will always remember So please be reassured, we seek no war We seek no war