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
The laws to abide
And that land that I live in
Has God on its side, God on its side
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The history books tell it, they tell it so well
The cavalries charged, the Indians fell
The cavalries charged, the Indians died
The country was young with God on its side
The Spanish-American War had its day
The Civil War too was soon laid away
The names of the heroes I was made to memorize
With guns in their hands and God on their side
On their side
On their side
The First World War boys, it came, and it went
The reason for fighting I never did get
But I learned to accept it, accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead when God's on your side
The Second World War, it came to an end
We forgave the Germans and then we were friends
Though they murdered six million in the ovens they fried
The Germans now, too, have God on their side
On their side
God on their side
I've learned to hate the Russians all through my whole life
If another war comes, it's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them, to run and to hide
Accept it all bravely with God on my 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 worldwide
And you never ask questions when God's on your side
Through many dark hours, I been thinking 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
On his side
God on his side
God on his side
So now as I'm leaving, I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feeling, ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head and fall to the floor
If God's on our side, He'll stop the next war