WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE
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1. Oh my name it is nothing my age it mean less,
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the
country I come from is called the
Midwest.
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I's
taught and brought up there, the laws to abide,
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and
that land that I live in has God on its side.
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2. Oh, the history book tell it, they tell it
so well,
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the
cavalries charged, and the Indians fell,
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the
cavalries charged, and the Indians died,
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oh
the country was young with God on its side.
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3. Oh, the Spanish-American War had its day,
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and
the Civil War too was soon laid away,
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and
the names of the heroes I was made to memorize ,
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with their guns in their hands and God on their side.
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4. The First World War, boys, it came and it
went,
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the
reason for fighting I never did get,
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but
I learned to accept it, accept it with pride,
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for
you don't count the dead when God's on your side.
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5. When the Second World War it came to an end,
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we
forgave the Germans and we called them our friends.
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Though they murdered six million, in the ovens they fried,
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the
Germans now too have God on their side.
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6. I've learned to hate Russians all through
my whole life,
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if
another war starts, it's them we must
fight,
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to
hate them and fear them to run and to hide
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and
accept it all bravely with God on our side.
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7. But now we got weapons of the chemical
dust,
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if
fire them we're forced to, then fire them we must,
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one
push of the button, and a shot the world wide,
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and
you never ask questions when God's on your side.
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8. In a many a dark hour, I've been thinkin' about this,
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that
Jesus Christ was betrayed by a kiss,
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but
I can't think for you, you'll have to decide,
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whether Judas Iscariot, had God on his side.
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9. So now as I'm leavin', I'm weary as hell,
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the
confusion I'm feelin' no tongue can tell,
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The
words fill my head, and fall to the floor,
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if
God is on our side, he'll stop the next war.
(Bob Dylan / Joan Baez)