We Seek No Wider War letra

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 dont care if someones the wiser
But the boy in the swamp didnt 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 its not escalation
But please be reassured, we seek no wider war.
Were teaching freedom for which they are yearning
While were dragging them down to the path of never returning
But, well 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.

Phil Ochs - Letras

• A Toast to Those Who Are Gone
• A Year to Go By
• A.M.A. Song
• All My Heroes Are Dead
• Another Age
• Another Country
• As I Walk Alone
• Automation Song
• Bach, Beethoven, Mozart & Me
• Ballad of Oxford (Jimmy Meredith)
• Ballad Of The Cuban Invasion
• Ballad of William Worthy
• Basket in the Pool
• Bullets Of Mexico
• Bwatue
• Cannons Of Christianity
• Changes
• Chaplain Of The War
• Christine Keeler
• Crucifixion
• Davey Moore
• Days Of Decision
• Draft Dodger Rag
• Encores
• Fallen Star
• Fifty Mile Hike
• Firehouse 35
• Flower Lady
• Freedom Riders
• Gas Station Women
• Going Down To Mississipi
• Green Hills
• Half A Century High
• Hands
• Hazard, Kentucky
• Here's To The State Of Mississipi
• Here's To The State Of Richard Nixon
• Highwayman
• How Long
• Hunger And Cold
• I Ain't Marching Anymore
• I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
• I Kill Therefore I Am
• I Like Hitler
• I'll Be There
• I'm Tired
• In The Heat Of The Summer
• It's Been A Long, Long Story
• Joe Hill
• Just One Of Those Days
• Kansas City Bomber
• Keep The Change
• Knock On The Door
• Legends
• Links On The Chain
• Lou Marsh
• Love is a Rainbow
• Love Me, I'm A Liberal
• Maintaining Law And Order
• Men Behind The Guns
• Miranda
• Monroe Town
• Morning
• My Kingdom For A Car
• My Life
• Never Again
• Never Bet Against The Yankees
• New Town
• Niko Mchumba Ngombe
• No Christmas in Kentucky
• No More Songs
• On Her Hand a Golden Ring
• On My Way
• One More Parade
• One Way Ticket Home
• Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends
• Paul Crump
• Pleasures of the Harbor
• Power And Glory
• Pretty Smart On My Part
• Remember Me
• Ringing Of Revolution
• Rivers Of The Blood
• Sing Along With Me
• Song Of My Returning
• Spaceman
• Spanish Civil War Song
• Take It Out Of My Youth
• Talkin' Pay TV
• Talking Birmingham Jam
• Talking Cuban Crisis
• Talking Vietnam
• Tape From California
• That Was The President
• That's The Way It's Gonna Be
• That's What I Want To Hear
• The Ballad of Billie Sol
• The Ballad Of John Henry Faulk
• The Ballad Of John Train
• The Ballad Of The Carpenter
• The Ballad Of U.S. Steel
• The Bells
• The Confession
• The Day
• The Doll House
• The Floods of Florence
• The Harder They Fall
• The Hills Of West Virginia
• The Iron Lady
• The Marines Have Landed On The Shores Of Santo Dom
• The Party
• The Passing Of My Life
• The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns
• The Trial
• There But For Fortune
• Too Many Martyrs
• United Fruit
• We Seek No Wider War
• What's That I Hear?
• When First Unto This Country
• When I'm Gone
• William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed
• You Should Have Been Down in Mississppi
• Your Eyes Will Taste Of The Flowers