Oh my name it is not hin'my age it mean l ess
The country I c ome from is ca lled the Mid west
I's t (aug)ht and brought up there The laws to abide
And that land that I l ive in Has G od on its side.
Oh the history b ook tell it they tell it so w ell
The cavalries ch arged and the Indians f ell
The c avalries c harged and t he Indians d ied
Oh the country was young with Go d on its side.
Oh the Spanish -Amer ican war had its d ay
And the Civil War too was soon laid a way
And t he names of the h eroes I w as made to memo rize
With guns in their han ds a nd god o n their s ide.
The First World Wa r, b oys it clo sed out its f ate
The reason for f ighting I nev er got straig ht
But I learned to accept it, acce pt it with pr ide
And you don't count t he d ead when God's on y our si de.
But now we got w eapo ns of the ch emical dus t
If fi re them we' re forced to, th en fire we m ust
One p ush of the button and shot t he world wid e
And you never ask questi ons when Go d's on his s ide
In a many dark h our I've been t hinkin'about t his
That Jesus Ch rist was be trayed by a k iss
But I can't think for y ou, you'l l have to deci de
Whether Judas Isca riot, had God on his si de.
So now as I'm l eavin' , I'm w eary as he ll
The co nfusion I'm f eelin'ain't no tongue can te ll
Who words fill my head and fa ll to the fl oor
If God's on our side he' ll stop t he next w ar.