Straylight Run - With God On Our Side

Bob Dylan cover. Lyrics:

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 then 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, boys
Came to an end
We forgave the Germans
And 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 got weapons
Of 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 hours
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

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Music

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• With
• God
• On
• Our
• Side

[simplytyson]

love bob dylan and straylight run

[rapingurchurches]

they did a great cover. i remember seeing them play this at starland a few yrs ago.

[thursday315]

I love the original but this cover has a special place for me as well! Thanks for putting this up!

[DERPasaurable]

I'm so glad someone put this song up, finally. Such a beautiful, powerful cover.