Vietnam Serenade

They say from acorns great oak trees do grow
 And from evil man the genocide does flow
 From the expenditure the shock waves spread
 And the innocents in masses are easily led
 It don't really matter if it's communist red
 Or whether it's fascism that causes the fatal blow to the head
 America still don't realise it's mistake in 'Nam
 But they were not on the wrong end of the napalm
 They still carry on their search for power and glory
 Just another chapter in man's story
 Across the world, they rear their ugly heads
 Across the world in bloodshed red
 The story begins to wear thin
 They say it's in the name of law
 Will Vietnam be the forerunner to El Salvador?
 Another nine years of killings, injuries and rapes
 This year's winner is the Watergate tapes
 And this year's Kissingers a man called Haig
 And the descendants have all caught the red, white and blue plague