Judy Collins - With God On Our Side Lyrics
Oh, my name, it means nothin', my age it means lessThe country I come from is called the MidwestI was taught and brought up there, the laws to abideAnd the land that I live in has God on its sideOh, the history books tell it, they tell it so wellThe cavalries charged, the Indians fellThe cavalries charged, the Indians diedOh, the country was young with God on its sideOh, the Spanish-American war had its dayAnd the civil war too was soon laid awayAnd the names of the heroes I was made to memorizeWith guns in their hands and God on their sideOh, the first world war, boys it closed out its fateThe reason for fighting I never got straightBut I learned to accept it, accept it with prideFor you don't count the dead when God's on your sideWhen the second world war came to an endWe forgave the Germans and then we were friendsThough they murdered six million, in the ovens they friedThe Germans now too have God on their sideBut now we've got weapons of the chemical dustIf fire them we're forced to, then fire them we mustOne push of the button and a shot the world wideAnd you never ask questions when God's on your sideSo now as I'm leavin', I'm weary as hellThe confusion I'm feelin', ain't no tongue can tellThe words fill my head and fall to the floorOh, if God's on our side, He'll stop the next war
