| Straylight Run – Costello Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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There's nothing concrete about it on any new releases. John just says that we weren't supposed to hear it. Very fun song to listen to. |
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| Straylight Run – With God on Our Side Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Oh my name it ain't 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 I've learned to hate others All through my whole life If another war starts 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 Oh the First World War, boys It closed out its fate The reason for fighting I never got straight 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 then we were friends Though they murdered six million In the ovens they died The Germans now too Have God on their side But now we've got weapons Of chemical dust If fire them we're forced to Then fire them we must One push of a button And 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 My words fill the air They fall to the floor That if God's on our side He'll stop the next war Straylight Run's version has the verses mixed up and changes a little bit of the words, such as "I've learned to hate Russians" to "I've learned to hate others" (if I'm hearing right), "in the ovens they fried" to "in the ovens they died" and "The words fill my head, and fall to the floor" to "My words fill the air, they fall to the floor." Good song, great cover. http://punkvoter.com/music/straylightrun.mp3 if you don't have it. |
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