Manfred Mann With God On Our Side Lyrics

With God On Our Side Lyrics

With God On Our Side
Manfred Mann
Words and Music by Bob
Dylan

-From their LP "The Best Of Manfred Mann"

My name it is
nothing, my age it means less
The country I come from is a part of the Free
West
I was taught and brought up there its laws to abide
And that the
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
For the country was young with God on
its side

Oh the first World War, it came and it went
The reason for
fighting I never could get
But I learned to accept it, accept it with
pride
For you don’t count the dead when God’s on your side

And
then the second World War, it came to an end
We forgave the Germans and now
we are friends
Though they murdered six million, in the ovens they
fried
The Germans now, too, have God on their side

But now we have
weapons of chemical dust
And if fire them we’re forced to, why then fire
them we must
One push of the button and a shot the worldwide
And you
never ask questions when God’s on your side

‘tho many a long hour
I’ve thought on this
That Jesus Christ was betrayed by a kiss
But I
can’t think for you, you will have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot had
God on his side

And now as I leave you, I’m weary as hell
The
confusion I’m feelin’, there ain’t no tongue can tell
The words fill
my head and drop to the floor
That if God’s on our side, he’ll stop the
next war.

Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz
ronhontz
worldnet.att.net