Over the ashes of blood marched
the civilized soldiers,
Over the ruins of the french
fortress of a failure
Over the silent screams of
the dead and the dying
Saying please be reas sured,
we seek no wider war.
The treaties were signed,
the country was split in to sections
But growing num bers of prisons
were built for protec tion
Rapidly filling with people
who called for elec tions
But please be reassured,
we seek no wider war.
Ngo Dinh diem was the puppet
who danced for the power
The hero of hate who gambled
on hell for his hour
Father of his country was stamped on the
medals we showered
But please be reassured,
we seek no wider war.
Machine gun bullets became
the bloody baptizers
And the falcon copters don't care
if someone's the wiser
But the boy in the swamp didn't
know he was killed by ad visers
So please be reas sured,
we seek no wider war.
And fires were spitting at forests in
defoliation
While the people were pressed into camps
not called concentration
And the greater the victory the greater
the shame of the nation
But please be reassured,
we seek no wider war.
While we were watching the prisoners
were tested by torture
And vicious and violent gasses
maintained the or der
As the finest Washington minds found
slogans for slaughter
But please be reas sured,
we seek no wider war.
Then over the border came the
bay of pigs planes of persuasion
All remaining honor went up in flames
of invasion
But the shattered schools never learned that
it's not escalation
But please be reas sured,
we seek no wider war.
We're teaching freedom for
which they are yearning
While were dragging them down
to the path of never returning
But, we'll condescend to talk while
the cities are burning
But please be reassured,
we seek no wider war.
And the evil is done in hopes that
evil surrenders
But the deeds of the devil are burned
too deep in the embers
And a world of hunger in vengeance
will always remember
So please be reassured,
we seek no wider war,
We seek no wider war.