Manfred Mann
 Words and Music by Bob Dylan

 -From their LP "The Best Of Manfred Mann"

 My name it is nothing, my age it means less
 The country I come from is a part of the Free West
 I was taught and brought up there its laws to abide
 And that the 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
 For the country was young with God on its side

 Oh the first World War, it came and it went
 The reason for fighting I never could get
 But I learned to accept it, accept it with pride
 For you don't count the dead when God's on your side

 And then the second World War, it came to an end
 We forgave the Germans and now we are friends
 Though they murdered six million, in the ovens they fried
 The Germans now, too, have God on their side

 But now we have weapons of chemical dust
 And if fire them we're forced to, why 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

 'tho many a long hour I've thought on this
 That Jesus Christ was betrayed by a kiss
 But I can't think for you, you will  have to decide
 Whether Judas Iscariot had God on his side

 And now as I leave you, I'm weary as hell
 The confusion I'm feelin', there ain't no tongue can tell
 The words fill my head and drop to the floor
 That if God's on our side, he'll stop the next war.

 Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz
 ronhontz@worldnet.att.net