[Verse 1]
Oh, my name it is nothin’
My age it means less
The country I come from
Is called the Midwest
I was born and brought up there
The laws to abide
And that the land that I live in
Has God on its side

[Verse 2]
Now the history books tell it
They tell it so well
The cavalries charged
And the Indians fell
The cavalries charged
And the Indians died
Oh, the country was young
With God on its side

[Verse 3]
Now 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
[Verse 4]
The First World War, boys
It came and it went
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]
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

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 6]
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
[Verse 7]
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
They fall to the floor
And if God’s on our side
He’ll stop the next war