"Oh beautiful for spacious skies"
Here, Napalm clouds prevail.
"For amber waves of grain"
A rainbow of Agents Blue, Orange, and White covers the rice.
"For purple mountain majesties"
It is foreign jungle filled with ifs
"Above the fruited plain!"
And a maze of mine-flowered fields.

"America! America!"
No, this is Vietnam.
"God shed His grace on thee"
Blood shed without signs of victory.
"And crown thy good"
Soldiers bestowed with medals full of shame
"With brotherhood"
While abandoned brothers succumb to torment.
"From sea to shining sea!"
How could she take so long to see?