with god on our side ^*

• sozleri muthesem ona bir bob dylan sarkisi.
  
  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 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
  i'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.
  
  in a 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.
• dünyanin günümüzde içinde bulundugu kosullara bakilirsa, sanilabilecegi gibi eskimenin aksine günden güne gücü ve anlami artan her ülkede bir tane bulunmasi gereken tarihle ve simdiki zamanla hesaplasma, yüzlesme sarkisi.
  joan baez'le söyledikleri versiyon da çok ünlüdür, 1966'dan bir canli kayitta mevcut.
  orjinali 1964 tarihli the times they are a changin albümündedir.
  ayrica bob dylan mtv unplugged da da çalinmistir.
• (bkz: god was never on your side)
• (bkz: with oden on our side)
• hem anlattıkları hem de melodisi dominic behan'in the patriot game'ine bir hayli benzemektedir.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6k1ecpdpws
  
  gelgelelim dominic behan da bir irlanda halk şarkısı olan the merry month of may'in melodisini kullanmıştır.
• şarkıdan daha fazlasıdır,dinlenmesi gereklidir.
• dylan 1962'de yazdigi kronolojik yapili sözlerin içine kariyerinin bir asamasinda - 2. dünya savasi ve rusya nefreti kitalarinin arasina - 60'li yillar ve vietnam savasi'ndan bahsettigi su dizeleri eklemistir.
  
  suradan izlenebilir bir 1988 konserinde söz konus bölüm söyledir:
  
  came the 1960's, came the vietnam war
  can somebody tell me what we were fighting for?
  too many young men died,
  so many mourning mothers cried
  now i ask the question
  was god on our side?
• şarkıdaki "jesus christ was betrayed by a kiss" sözleriyle judas öpücüğü'ne gönderme yapılmıştır.