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With God on Our Side Lyrics
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.
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 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 Russians
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
I hate covers.
Does anyone have an actual copy of this song and not the streamed version?
frankly, i think this is one of the better covers of a dylan song i've heard. straylights version gives it a much more epic and haunting sound. its going to be on an upcoming dylan tribute album from drive-thru/love minus zero records, coming out on june 21st.
http://www.myspace.com/bobdylaniscool
GOOD SONG, AWESOME COVER, GREAT MEANING!!
i dont care if this was a cover from god, this is the worst song they could have ever possibly recorded, the first time i heard it i couldn't even let the song finish because it was sooo horrible.
Perhaps I'm not as harsh as madmarshall, but I agree nonetheless. This has to be the only song Straylight Run has recorded that I don't like. It just drags on so long...
I've never heard the original, so I can't compare; I just don't really like it. Bob Dylan's never been my favorite.
I think it's a great song, and a really appropriate one for them to cover considering the context of the original's release and our own unstable political state.
as a dylan fan, this is by far one of the worst covers of one of his songs i've ever heard.
i think it's beautiful.