With God on our side

跟兒子聽了一個晚上的歌，都是他的選擇，大都是阿牛的歌曲(這期他喜愛阿牛的歌)。終於等到他累了，睡了，也就是我的世界了。上Youtube搜尋Joan Baez，找到了一首很有意思的歌曲名叫「With God on our side」。這首曲原是Bob Dylan 的創作，由Joan Baez 甜美的嗓子唱出，十分好聽。

「上帝在我們這一邊」成為為戰爭正名或令其變得更公義的藉口。我思想，在很多基督徒群體的爭論中，「上帝在我們這一邊」會不會成為我們打擊對手的武器呢？想著想著，又好像真的有這樣的情況發生，有「上帝」在他們那一邊，甚麼其他的事工、發展都是礙手礙腳；因為有「上帝」在他們那一邊，所以某類型的事奉比其他事奉重要得多......模糊了！模糊了！究竟我又在說甚麼？你明白不明白......又如何？(一笑)

我的想法你看過了，至於你的想法，讓聽完了這首歌後如你願意的話再告訴我吧！此曲歌詞如下：

With God on our side

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.

Vocal:Joan Baez
Lyric:Bob Dylan