I'm starting to get the feeling the government doesn't always work in our best interest

  • the_post_of_tom_joad [any, any]
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    9 months ago

    Oh my name it is nothin’

    My age it means less

    The country I come from

    Is called the Midwest

    I’s taught and brought up there

    The 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

    Oh the country was young

    With God on its side

    Oh the Spanish-American

    War had its day

    And the Civil War too

    Was soon laid away

    And the names of the heroes

    l’s made to memorize

    With guns in their hands

    And God on their side

    Oh the First World War, boys

    It closed out its fate

    The reason for fighting

    I never got straight

    But I learned to accept it

    Accept it with pride

    For you don’t count the dead

    When God’s on your side

    When the Second World War

    Came to an end

    We forgave the Germans

    And we were friends

    Though they murdered six million

    In the ovens they fried

    The Germans now too

    Have God on their side

    I’ve learned to hate Russians

    All through my whole life

    If another war starts

    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

    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

    Through many dark hour

    I’ve been thinkin’ 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

    So now as I’m leavin’

    I’m weary as Hell

    The confusion I’m feelin’

    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

    Dylan's good sometimes

    • Juice [none/use name]
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      9 months ago

      Dylan is almost universally good when the song isn't just a paternalistic lecture directed at a woman