Christmas' Digestifs / New Year's Apéritifs: With God on our Side [Song]

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WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE
Composed by Bob Dylan [1963]
Performed live in 1966 by Joan Baez

Oh, my name it is nothing, my age it means less
And the country I come from is called the Midwest
I was taught and brought up there, the laws to abide
And that the land that I live in has God on its side.

Ah, the history books tell it, they tell it so well
The cavalries charged, the Indians fell
The cavalries charged, the Indians died
Ah, the country was young with God on its side.

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.

Well, the First World War, boys, it came and it went
And the reason for fighting, I never did get
But I learned to accept it, and accept it with pride
For you don’t count the dead when God’s on your side.

And the Second World War, it came to an end
We forgave the Germans and called them our friends
Though they murdered six million, in the ovens they fried
Ah, the Germans now too have God on their side.

Well, I’ve learned to hate 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
And accept it all bravely with God on my side.

But now we got weapons of the chemical dust
And 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.

For many dark hours, I’ve thought 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.

And 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, they fall to the floor
That if God is on our side, He’ll stop the next war.

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance! ..............................................................................................................................


A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez.

"For you don’t count the dead when God’s on your side."

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare

The War goes on [Song]

Uploaded by mistermayaro

THE WAR GOES ON
By Singing Sandra

Devastation and destruction from ever since time began
Has been inflicted time and time and again by man against fellow man
Yet man wouldn't learn from history, it makes him more violent
Producing deadly weaponry with nothing but evil intent
So the war could never be over, peace will never be seen
Long as man in his quest for power
Keep destroying fellow human beings, fellow human beings.

I telling you nobody [nobody] woh-oh-oh nobody,
When you really think of it, nobody wins a war
Because the agony of defeat will linger
Nations still hating one another
And superpowers, they looking for more power
As long as violence and aggression still dwell in the hearts of man
Brother, the war will go on, it cannot be won
No-no-no, the war will go on, it cannot be won.

Fallout from war is chaos, plenty agony, plenty pain
Economies left in shambles that may never rise up again
Collapse of the money system, disruption of foreign trade
People turning against their leaders for the blunders that they have made
Environmental pollution, radiation taking its course
And the thousands that die in battle,
Oh, what a waste of human resource, of course.

I telling you nobody [nobody] woh-oh-oh nobody,
When you really think of it, nobody wins a war
The brutal clash of ideologies, carnage and social anarchy
And life reduced to pitiful dimensions
The falling back of progress and growth for entire generation
Sister, the war will go on, it cannot be won
No-no-no-no, the war will go on, it cannot be won.

War is just like a racket, it pays dividends for a few
But what does it profit the masses, I mean laymen like me and you?
While the leaders playing their chess games using the masses as pawns
With political propaganda, the massacre still goes on
The soldiers they never start it but they give their lives easily
While the leaders are in a safe place working out strategies, so you see...

I telling you nobody [nobody] woh-oh-oh nobody,
When you really look art it, nobody wins a war
It has stained the passage of history with the blood of the weak and the mighty
Great, great cultures vanish completely
War can create and destroy political boundaries as it goes on
Sister, it cannot be won, the war will go on
No-no-no-no, the war will go on, it cannot be won.

The object of war is simple, just conquer and take over
It doesn't matter how many people get wipe out in the massacre
The enemy must be vanquished, the battle has to be won
But the conflict will never be over 'cause the agony lingers on
There'll always be more dictators, more Hitlers, more Saddam Husseins
And with these lunatics in power, it will just start all over again, and again.

I telling you nobody [nobody] woh-oh-oh nobody,
When you really think of it, nobody wins a war
We need a spiritual revolution to stop this brutal aggression
Or else peace in the world will always be out of our hands
As long as the quest for wealth and power still live in the hearts of man
Brother, the war will go on, it cannot be won
No-no-no-no, the war will go on, it cannot be won.

[The war will go on, it cannot be won]
Peace in the world. [The war will go on, it cannot be won]
We need a spiritual revolution. [The war will go on, it cannot be won]
Lord, put a hand. Save the children. [The war will go on, it cannot be won]
Man fighting against man.

[The war will go on, it cannot be won
The war will go on, it cannot be won
The war will go on, it cannot be won...]

Spiritual revolution...

Source: The lyrics posted on this blog are often transcribed directly from performances. Although it is my intention to faithfully transcribe I do not get all the words and I have a knack for hearing the wrong thing. Please feel free to correct me or to fill in the words that I miss by dropping me a message via e-mail. I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance! 

..............................................................................................................................

A Note From The Gull

Thank you, Singing Sandra.    

"Patria est communis omnium parens" - Our native land is the common parent of us all. Keep it beautiful, make it even more so.

Blessed is all of creation
Blessed be my beautiful people
Blessed be the day of our awakening
Blessed is my country
Blessed are her patient hills.

Mweh ka allay!
Guanaguanare