With God On Our Side

Song With God On Our Side
Artist Joan Baez
Album In Concert

Lyrics

[00:06.20] Oh my name it is nothin'
[00:11.02] My age it means less
[00:15.73] The country I come from
[00:20.34] Is called the Midwest
[00:25.40] I's taught and brought up there
[00:30.42] The laws to abide
[00:35.32] And that land that I live in
[00:39.86] Has God on its side.
[00:44.96] Oh the history books tell it
[00:49.87] They tell it so well
[00:54.80] The cavalries charged
[00:59.63] The Indians fell
[01:04.41] The cavalries charged
[01:09.18] The Indians died
[01:14.42] Oh the country was young
[01:19.07] With God on its side.
[01:26.67] Oh the Spanish-American
[01:31.64] War had its day
[01:36.05] And the Civil War too
[01:40.85] Was soon laid away
[01:45.79] And the names of the heroes
[01:50.52] I's made to memorize
[01:55.53] With guns in their hands
[02:00.32] And God on their side.
[02:08.65] Oh the First World War, boys
[02:13.81] It closed out its fate
[02:17.48] The reason for fighting
[02:22.05] I never got straight
[02:26.66] But I learned to accept it
[02:31.73] Accept it with pride
[02:36.99] For you don't count the dead
[02:41.61] When God's on your side.
[02:46.45] When the Second World War
[02:51.24] Came to an end
[02:56.00] We forgave the Germans
[03:00.87] And we were friends
[03:06.46] Though they murdered six million
[03:10.93] In the ovens they fried
[03:15.76] The Germans now too
[03:20.22] Have God on their side.
[03:27.56] I've learned to hate Russians
[03:32.06] All through my whole life
[03:36.89] If another war starts
[03:41.89] It's them we must fight
[03:46.47] To hate them and fear them
[03:51.45] To run and to hide
[03:56.53] And accept it all bravely
[04:01.02] With God on my side.
[04:08.39] But now we got weapons
[04:13.14] Of the chemical dust
[04:18.18] If fire them we're forced to
[04:23.16] Then fire them we must
[04:27.83] One push of the button
[04:33.13] And a shot the world wide
[04:37.79] And you never ask questions
[04:42.21] When God's on your side
[04:48.21] In a many dark hour
[04:52.80] I've been thinkin' about this
[04:56.88] That Jesus Christ
[05:01.55] Was betrayed by a kiss
[05:07.02] But I can't think for you
[05:12.12] You'll have to decide
[05:16.52] Whether Judas Iscariot
[05:21.32] Had God on his side.
[05:29.22] So now as I'm leavin'
[05:33.70] I'm weary as Hell
[05:38.32] The confusion I'm feelin'
[05:44.02] Ain't no tongue can tell
[05:48.72] The words fill my head
[05:53.53] And fall to the floor
[05:58.37] If God's on our side
[06:02.73] He'll stop the next war.