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We Seek No Wider War - Phil Ochs
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 reassured we seek no wider war
The treaties were signed the country was split into sections
But growing numbers of prisons were built for protection
Rapidly filling with people who called for elections
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 advisers
So please be reassured
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 order
As the finest Washington minds
Found slogans for slaughter
But please be reassured 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 reassured
We seek no wider war
We're teaching people 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
We seek no wider war