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 its fascism that causes the fatal blow to the head    America still don't realise its 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 its 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