With God On Our Side
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 it's laws to abide
And that the land that I live in has God on it's 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 it's 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
Manfred Mann è un musicista e compositore tedesco-britannico, noto per essere il leader del gruppo rock omonimo attivo tra gli anni '60 e '70. Nato a Lublino, in Polonia, nel 1940, Manfred Mann si trasferì in Inghilterra con la sua famiglia durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Iniziò a suonare il pianoforte all'età di sei anni e studiò musica classica al Royal College of Music di Londra. Nel 1962 formò i Manfred Mann, un gruppo rock che ottenne grande successo negli anni '60 grazie a brani come "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Pretty Flamingo" e "Sha La La". Il gruppo si caratterizzava per una fusione di elementi blues, jazz e pop, con influenze del rhythm and blues americano. Nel 1970 il gruppo si sciolse e Manfred Mann continuò la sua carriera come musicista solista, pubblicando album di musica classica, jazz e rock progressivo. Nel corso della sua lunga carriera, Manfred Mann ha collaborato con numerosi artisti, tra cui Elton John, The Rolling Stones e Paul McCartney.
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