God on "our" side? jocelyne cesari discusses the role of the state religion interactions to understand the current politicisation of religion. Columbia. songwriter (s) bob dylan. producer (s) tom wilson. " with god on our side " is a song by bob dylan, released as the third track on his 1964 album the times they are a changin'. dylan first performed the song during his debut at the town hall in new york city on april 12, 1963. [ 1].
The lyrics comment on the fact that politcal leaders always claim a partnership with god during a conflict. that has not changed. george bush, in his state of the union address in 2003, in reference to the iraq war said: with the might of god on our side we will triumph over iraq. god will watch over our troops and grant us a victory over the. The spanish american war that de poet refers to, is the war between the us and mexico, in the 1840's. mexico was then a colony of spain. this is rather obvious, since the next lines are about the civil war of 1961 1865. well written . god does not side with the egotist who relishes in judgment and hatred. 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. that if god's on our side. he'll stop the next. God’s on their side. i had an undying wish to keep from dying. i had an untimely hitch keep me from climbing. but i climbed the hitch itself and i tried flying; i had an uprising in my soul. the left was fighting the right. and the right was fighting the light. and the light was blind in the night.
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. that if god's on our side. he'll stop the next. God’s on their side. i had an undying wish to keep from dying. i had an untimely hitch keep me from climbing. but i climbed the hitch itself and i tried flying; i had an uprising in my soul. the left was fighting the right. and the right was fighting the light. and the light was blind in the night. 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. “with god on our side" by bob dylanlisten to bob dylan: bobdylan.lnk.to listenydsubscribe to the bob dylan channel: bobdylan.lnk.to.
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. “with god on our side" by bob dylanlisten to bob dylan: bobdylan.lnk.to listenydsubscribe to the bob dylan channel: bobdylan.lnk.to.
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