With God On Our Side
(Bob Dylan)oh my name it is nothing' my age it means lessthe country i come from is called the midwesti was taught and brought up there the laws to abideand the land that i live in has god on its side.oh the history books tell it they tell it so wellthe cavalries charged the indians fellthe cavalries charged and the indians diedoh the country was young with god on its side.the spanish-american war had its dayand the civil war too was soon laid awayand the names of the heroes i was taught to memorizewith guns in their hands and god on their side.the first world war, boys it came and it wentthe reason for fighting i never did getbut i learned to accept it and accept it with prideor you don't count the dead when god's on your side.when the second world war came to an endwe forgave the germans and then we were friendsthough they murdered six million in the ovens they friedthe germans now too have god on their side.i've learned to hate russians all through my whole lifeif another war comes it's them we must fightto hate them and fear them to run and to hideand accept it all bravely with god on my side.but now we got weapons of the chemical dustif fire them we're forced to then fire them we mustone push of the button and a shot the world wideand you never ask questions when god's on your side.in a many dark hour i've been thinking' about thisthat jesus christ was betrayed by a kissbut i can't think for you you'll have to decidewhether judas iscariot had god on his side.so now as i'm leaving' i'm weary as hellthe confusion i'm feeling' ain't no tongue can tellthe words fill my head and fall to the floorif god's on our side he'll stop the next war.
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