Bob Dylan - With God On Our Side

Oh my name it is nothin' 
My age it means less 
The country I come from 
Is called the Midwest 
I's taught and brought up there 
The laws to abide 
And that land that I live in 
Has God on its side. 

Oh the history books tell it 
They tell it so well 
The cavalries charged 
The Indians fell 
The cavalries charged 
The Indians died 
Oh the country was young 
With God on its side. 

Oh the Spanish-American 
War had its day 
And the Civil War too 
Was soon laid away 
And the names of the heroes 
I's made to memorize 
With guns in their hands 
And God on their side. 

The First World War, boys 
It came and it went 
The reason for fighting 
I never did get 
But I learned to accept it 
Accept it with pride 
For you don't count the dead 
When God's on your side. 

When the Second World War 
Came to an end 
We forgave the Germans 
And we were friends 
Though they murdered six million 
In the ovens they fried 
The Germans now too 
Have God on their side. 

I've learned to hate the Russians 
All through my whole life 
If another war comes 
It's them we must fight 
To hate them and fear them 
To run and to hide 
And accept it all bravely 
With God on my side. 

But now we got weapons 
Of the chemical dust 
If fire them we're forced to 
Then fire them we must 
One push of the button 
And a shot the world wide 
And you never ask questions 
When God's on your side. 

In a many dark hour 
I've been thinkin' about this 
That Jesus Christ 
Was betrayed by a kiss 
But I can't think for you 
You'll have to decide 
Whether Judas Iscariot 
Had God on his side. 

So now as I'm leavin' 
I'm weary as Hell 
The confusion I'm feelin' 
Ain't no tongue can tell 
The words fill my head 
And fall to the floor 
If God's on our side 
He'll stop the next war.