With God On Our Side-The Neville Brothers

[ti:With God On Our Side] [ar:The Neville Brothers] [al:Greatest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]With God On Our Side - The Neville Brothers [00:08.96]Oh my name it means nothing [00:13.90] [00:16.69]And my age it means less [00:19.70] [00:23.38]For the country I come from [00:25.40] [00:27.97]Is called the Midwest [00:29.86] [00:33.45]I was taught and brought up [00:35.01] [00:35.91]To the laws to abide [00:39.60] [00:43.65]And that the land that I live in [00:45.87] [00:49.94]Has God on its side [00:53.76] [00:57.08]Oh the history books tell it they tell it so well [01:06.98] [01:11.02]The Calvaries charged and the Indians fell [01:17.43] [01:21.07]The Calvaries charged and the Indians died [01:28.32] [01:31.17]Oh the country was young then [01:34.70] [01:37.29]With God on its side [01:39.42] [01:44.25]The Spanish American war had its day [01:53.47] [01:57.36]And the civil war to us was soon laid away [02:03.93] [02:07.76]And the names of the heroes [02:10.38] [02:12.30]I was made to memorize [02:15.66] [02:17.74]With guns in their hands and God on their side [02:26.75] [02:30.77]The first world war it came and it went [02:39.53] [02:42.95]And the reason for fighting I never did get [02:49.43] [02:52.92]But I learned to accept it accept it with pride [02:59.02] [03:01.94]For you don't count the dead [03:04.17]When God's on your side [03:10.86] [03:14.56]In the nineteen-sixties came the Vietnam war [03:24.40] [03:27.53]Can someone tell me what we were fighting for [03:33.22] [03:37.00]So many young men died so many mothers cried [03:43.77] [03:45.99]No I ask the question was God on our side [03:55.95] [03:58.76]I learned to hate the Russians [04:03.68] [04:05.64]All through my whole life [04:08.26] [04:11.58]If another war comes it's them we must fight [04:18.89] [04:22.30]And to hate them and fear them [04:24.34] [04:26.86]To run and to hide [04:30.27] [04:32.30]And accept it all bravely with God on my side [04:41.49] [04:45.75]Through many dark hours [04:49.73] [04:52.71]I've been thinking about this [04:55.01] [04:58.65]That Jesus Christ was betrayed by a kiss [05:05.61] [05:08.80]But I can't think for you you'll have to decide [05:15.36] [05:17.71]Whether Judas Iscariot had God on his side [05:27.23] [05:32.29]Oh now as I'm leaving I'm weary as hell [05:43.60] [05:46.42]The confusion I'm feeling ain't no tongue can tell [05:54.10] [05:56.75]The words fill my head and they fall to the floor [06:02.53] [06:06.19]That if God's on our side He'll stop the next war [06:15.18] [06:19.19]Jesus loves me this I know