With god on our sidemanfred mannwords and music by bob dylan-from their lp "the best of manfred mann"my name it is nothing, my age it means lessthe country i come from is a part of the free westi was taught and brought up there its laws to abideand that 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 diedfor the country was young with god on its sideoh the first world war, it came and it wentthe reason for fighting i never could getbut i learned to accept it, accept it with pridefor you don't count the dead when god's on your sideand then the second world war, it came to an endwe forgave the germans and now we are friendsthough they murdered six million, in the ovens they friedthe germans now, too, have god on their sidebut now we have weapons of chemical dustand if fire them we're forced to, why then fire them we mustone push of the button and a shot the worldwideand you never ask questions when god's on your side‘tho many a long hour i've thought on thisthat jesus christ was betrayed by a kissbut i can't think for you, you will have to decidewhether judas iscariot had god on his sideand now as i leave you, i'm weary as hellthe confusion i'm feelin', there ain't no tongue can tellthe words fill my head and drop to the floorthat if god's on our side, he'll stop the next war.transcribed by ronald e. hontzronhontz@worldnet.att.net