With God on Our Side

[Verse 1]
Oh, my name it means nothin', my age it means less
And the country I come from is called the Midwest
I's brought up and taught there the laws to abide
And the land that I live in has God on its side

[Verse 2]
Oh, the history books tell it, they tell it so well
The cavalries charged, the Indians fell
The cavalries charged, and the Indians died
For the country was young then with God on its side

[Verse 3]
Oh, the Spanish-American War had its day
And the Civil War, too, was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes we all memorized
With guns in their hands and God on their side

[Verse 4]
Oh, 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, accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead when God's on your side

[Verse 5]
When the Second World War 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

[Verse 6]
But now, we got weapons of the chemical dust
If fire them we're forced to, then fire them we must
One push of a button they'll shoot the world "Bye"
And you never ask questions when God's on your side
And you never ask questions when God's on your side