From stewartb, TuS Dylanology Correspondent of the Year
Courtesy of Bob Dylan (1963): ‘With God on Our Side’.
‘Oh my name it ain’t nothin’
My age it means less
The country I come from
Is called the Midwest
I was 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
‘The Spanish-American
War had its day
And the Civil War, too
Was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes
I was made to memorize
With guns in their hands
And God on their side
‘The First World War, boys
It came and it went
The reason for fighting
I never did get
But I learned to accept it
Accept it with pride
For you don’t count the dead
When God’s on your side
‘The Second World War
Came to an end
We forgave the Germans
And then 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 the Russians
All through my whole life
If another war comes
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 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
‘Through many a 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
That if God’s on our side
He’ll stop the next war.’
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
The religious breaking all the Commandments. Thou shalt not kill, bear false witness, love thy neighbour. The eye of the needle. The five fishes. The Royals head of the Church breaking all the Commandments, the politicians hypocrites. Killing people. To protect their wealth. People just want peace to save the planet. A peaceful world.
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The above form of idiosyncratic gobble-de-gook is attributed to Ken (recently expelled from WGD for ….well to put it bluntly…his unvarnished Trump sycophancy).
Disappointing to see he seems to have found a welcoming home here Prof.
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In Bob we trust…
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Yowza..
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There is nothing more dangerous than an American who believes he has God on his side particularly those Christian Nationalists who firmly believe the second coming is not far off.
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The new Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” is brilliant. Timothée Chalamet plays Bob Dylan and he is so true to the character that he really should have got an Oscar. Worth seeing if you’re a Dylan fan.
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2- Bobs even more! – saw the movie- brilliant- Chalamet wuz robbed- Baez+Seeger roles brilliant
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Some people like to know the truth. Kept secret under the Official Secrets Act. For 30 – 100 years.
Not Westminster, BBC Gov propaganda. Costing £6Billion. Enough to eradicate poverty. The alternative truth is out there. Internet. People just have to look. No be sheep. Jumping over the internet with hysteria.and panic. Ruining websites.
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