With God On Our Side - Odetta

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 its 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 For the country was young with God on its 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.

You're getting better, better At guessing letters, letters I'm writing with my fingers now And we're just watching, watching Dust on the curtain, curtain Illuminated, falling down Now we've got the doors closed and you're telling me You are mine and you'll go anywhere with me Tell me, can we stay right here and never leave? I could go on and on But time is not on our side Waiting for the light Night after night Night after night And I know I will slip away Day after day Day after day 'Til we're old All I wanna do Is lie next to you Lie next to you and stay close But time is not on our side Looking in your eyes Night after night Night after night And I see Where I gotta stay Day after day Day after day To find peace All I gotta do Is lie next to you Lie next to you and just breathe But time is not on our side We never wake up, wake up We only stay up, stay up And let the seconds chase us down But we're learning, learning Nothing's certain, certain So can we stop the clock for now? Now we've got the doors closed and you're telling me You are mine and you'll go anywhere with me Tell me, can we stay right here and never leave? I could go on and on But time is not on our side Waiting for the light Night after night Night after night And I know I will slip away Day after day Day after day 'Til we're old All I wanna do Is lie next to you Lie next to you and stay close But time is not on our side Looking in your eyes Night after night Night after night And I see Where I gotta stay Day after day Day after day To find peace All I gotta do Is lie next to you Lie next to you and just breathe But time is not on our side Oh no Time is not on our side And I could go on and on Time is not on our side Waiting for the light Night after night Night after night And I know I will slip away Day after day Day after day 'Til we're old All I wanna do Is lie next to you Lie next to you and stay close But time is not on our side Looking in your eyes Night after night Night after night And I see Where I gotta stay Day after day Day after day To find peace All I gotta do Is lie next to you Lie next to you and just breathe But time is not on our side 'Cause time is not on our side

In this crazy life We reach for the best we can But sometimes it slips away No matter how we plan You were the best thing in my life My only hope to make it right I never thought we'd get to have A second time around But now that love is on our side again Let's take these feelings all the way Let's open up and live our passions to the end Now that love is on our side again I loved you too much Without you I felt so wrong It's funny how we tear ourselves away Just to belong I'll never ever compromise That look of trust within your eyes We'll let our hearths grow forever Here on solid ground Now that love is on our side again Let's take these feelings all the way Let's open up and live our passions to the end Now that love is on our side again Now here we are And the storm is over We're ready for that dream We'll get it right It just could take us longer A time to heal our wounds Is all we need Now that love is on our side again (on our side again) Let's take these feelings all the way Let's open up and live our passions to the end (Ye-ye-yeah) Now that love is on our side again Now that love is on our side again Let's take these feelings all the way (take these feelings) Let's open up and live our passions to the end Now that love is on our side again Now that love is on our side again...

Under the cover of darkness falling We make the rules till day is dawning Anything can happen underneath the moonlight Tonight, tonight, tonight the night Midnight sky overload Constellations in control There's too much freedom to just go home And it's too damn lonely to be alone Magnetic forces pull us close Under the cover of darkness falling We make the rules till day is dawning Anything can happen underneath the moonlight Tonight, tonight, tonight the night Yeah, tonight, tonight, tonight the night is on our side On our side, yeah Satellites, you and me Spinning 'round in circles Can't get free Who says you can't defy gravity? Who says you gotta stay in this galaxy? Let's start a revolution, let's start a revolution Under the cover of darkness falling We make the rules till day is dawning And anything can happen underneath the moonlight Tonight, tonight, tonight Yeah, we've still got a few more miles Out where love can still be wild And we might live forever for a little while tonight Tonight, tonight the night Yeah, tonight, tonight, tonight the night is on our side On our side Let's start a revolution, start a revolution Start a revolution, start a revolution Under the cover of darkness falling We make the rules till day is dawning And anything can happen underneath the moonlight Tonight, tonight, tonight Yeah, we've still got a few more miles Out where love can still be wild And we might live forever for a little while tonight Tonight, tonight the night Yeah, tonight, tonight, tonight the night is on our side On our side Let's start a revolution, start a revolution Start a revolution, start a revolution Yeah, tonight, tonight Tonight the night is on our side On our side Let's start a revolution

If the stars fall down on me And the sun refused to shine Then may the shackles be undone May all the old words cease to rhyme If the sky turned into stone It will matter not at all For there is no Heaven in the sky Hell does not wait for our downfall Let the voice of reason chime Let the pious vanish for all time God's face is hidden, all unseen You can't ask Him what it all means He was never on your side God was never on your side Let right or wrong alone decide God was never on your side See ten thousand ministries See the holy, righteous dogs They claim to heal, but all they do is steal Abuse your faith, cheat, and rob If God is wise, why is He still When these false prophets call Him friend? Why is He silent? Is He blind? Are we abandoned in the end? Let the sword of reason shine Let us be free of prayer and shrine God's face is hidden, turned away He never has a word to say He was never on your side God was never on your side Let right or wrong alone decide God was never on your side No, no, no He was never on your side God was never on your side Never, never, never, never Never on your side Never on your side God was never on your side Never on your side

Deep river, my home is over Jordan Deep river, Lord I want to cross over into camp ground Oh, don't you want to go To that gospel feast That promised land Where all is peace Deep river, my home is over Jordan Deep river, Lord I'm gonna cross over into camp ground

He got the whole world in His hand, He got the great big world in His hand, He got the whole world in His hand, He got the whole world in His hand. He got the wind and the rain right in His hand, He got the stars and the moon in His hand, He got the wind and the rain in His hand, He got the whole world in His hand. He got the gambling man right in His hand, He got the lying man right in His hand, He got the crapshootin' man in His hand, He got the whole world in His hand. He's got the little bits of babies in His hand, He's got the little bits of babies in His hand, He's got the little bits of babies in His hand, He got the whole world in His hand. He got you and me, brother, in His hand, He got you and me, sister, in His hand, He got you and me, brother, in His hand, He got the whole world in His hand. Well, He's got everybody in His hand, He got everybody in His hand, He got everybody here right in His hand, He got the whole world in His hand.