With God On Our Side

Oh my name it ain't nothin', my age it means less The country I come from is called the Midwest I was taught and brought up there, all 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 and the Indians fell The cavalries charged and 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 was made to memorize With guns in their hands and God on their side The first world war, boys, it came and it went The reason for fighting I never could get But I learned to accept it, accept it with pride Now you don't count the dead when God's on your side But now we got weapons of a chemical dust If fire 'em were 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 they fall to the floor And if Gos is on our side, He'll stop the next war