[cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course ♪ ♪ The city fathers they're trying to endorse ♪ ♪ Reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse ♪ ♪ But the town has no need to be nervous ♪ ♪ ♪ The ghost of Belle Starr she hands down her wits ♪ ♪ To Jezebel the nun she violently knits ♪ ♪ A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits ♪ ♪ At the head of the chamber of commerce ♪ ♪ ♪ Mama's in the factory she ain't got no shoes ♪ ♪ Dad's in the hallway, he's lookin' for the fuse ♪ ♪ I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues ♪ ♪ ♪ The hysterical bride in the Penny Arcade ♪ ♪ Screaming she moans, "I've just been made" ♪ ♪ Sends out for the doctor who pulls down the shade ♪ ♪ Sayin' my advice is, don't let the boys in ♪ ♪ ♪ Well the medicine man comin' and he shuffles inside ♪ ♪ Walks with a swagger and he says to the bride ♪ ♪ "Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride ♪ ♪ You won't die, it's not poison" ♪ ♪ ♪ Mama's in the factory ain't got no shoes ♪ ♪ Dad's in the alley, he's lookin' for the fuse ♪ ♪ I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Where Ma Raney and Beethoven unwrapped their bed roll ♪ ♪ Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole ♪ ♪ The National Bank selling road maps for the soul ♪ ♪ To the old folks home and the college ♪ ♪ ♪ Well I wish that I could write you a melody so plain ♪ ♪ Would is you do lady, I'm going insane ♪ ♪ Stop this weeping, this useless pain ♪ ♪ Of your useless and pointless knowledge ♪ ♪ ♪ Mama's in the factory she ain't got no shoes ♪ ♪ Dad's in the hallway, he's lookin' for the fuse ♪ ♪ I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ I seen a shooting star tonight ♪ ♪ And I thought of you ♪ ♪ You were trying to break into another world ♪ ♪ A world I never knew ♪ ♪ I always kind of wondered if you ever made it through ♪ ♪ I seen a shooting star tonight ♪ ♪ And I thought of you ♪ ♪ ♪ I seen a shooting star tonight ♪ ♪ And I thought of me ♪ ♪ If I was still the same ♪ ♪ If I ever became what you wanted me to be ♪ ♪ Did I miss the mark or overstep the line ♪ ♪ That only you could see ♪ ♪ I seen a shooting star tonight ♪ ♪ And I thought of me ♪ ♪ Listen to the engine listen to the bell ♪ ♪ As the last fire truck from hell goes rolling by ♪ ♪ All good people are praying ♪ ♪ It's the last temptation the last account ♪ ♪ The last time you might hear the sermon on the mount ♪ ♪ The last radio is playing ♪ ♪ I seen a shooting star tonight slip away ♪ ♪ Tomorrow will be another day ♪ ♪ Guess it's too late to say the things to you ♪ ♪ That you needed to hear me say ♪ ♪ I seen a shooting star tonight slip away ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ "There must be some way out of here" ♪ ♪ Said the joker to the thief ♪ ♪ "There's too much confusion," I can't get no relief ♪ ♪ Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth ♪ ♪ None of them along the line know what any of it is worth ♪ ♪ ♪ "No reason to get excited," the thief he kindly spoke ♪ ♪ "There are many here among us ♪ ♪ Who feel that life is but a joke ♪ ♪ But you and I, we've been through that, ♪ ♪ And this is not our fate ♪ ♪ So let us not talk falsely now, ♪ ♪ The hour is getting late" ♪ ♪ ♪ All along the watchtower, princes kept the view ♪ ♪ While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too ♪ ♪ Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl ♪ ♪ Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Come gather 'round people ♪ ♪ Wherever you roam ♪ ♪ And admit that the waters ♪ ♪ Around you have grown ♪ ♪ And accept it that soon ♪ ♪ You'll be drenched to the bone ♪ ♪ If your time to you ♪ ♪ Is worth savin' ♪ ♪ Then you better start swimmin' ♪ ♪ Or you'll sink like a stone ♪ ♪ For the times they are a-changin' ♪ ♪ ♪ Come writers and critics ♪ ♪ Who prophesize with your pen ♪ ♪ And keep your eyes wide ♪ ♪ The chance won't come again ♪ ♪ And don't speak too soon ♪ ♪ For the wheel's still in spin ♪ ♪ And there's no tellin' who ♪ ♪ That it's namin' ♪ ♪ For the loser now ♪ ♪ Will be later to win ♪ ♪ For the times they are a-changin' ♪ ♪ ♪ Come senators, congressmen ♪ ♪ Please heed the call ♪ ♪ Don't lock up the doorway ♪ ♪ Don't block up the hall ♪ ♪ For he that gets hurt ♪ ♪ Will be he who has stalled ♪ ♪ There's a battle outside ♪ ♪ And it is ragin' ♪ ♪ It'll soon shake your windows ♪ ♪ And rattle your walls ♪ ♪ For the times they are a-changin' ♪ ♪ ♪ Come mothers and fathers ♪ ♪ Throughout the land ♪ ♪ And don't criticize ♪ ♪ What you can't understand ♪ ♪ Your sons and your daughters ♪ ♪ Are beyond your command ♪ ♪ Your old road is ♪ ♪ Rapidly agin' ♪ ♪ Please get out of the new one ♪ ♪ If you can't lend your hand ♪ ♪ For the times they are a-changin' ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ The line it is drawn ♪ ♪ The curse it is cast ♪ ♪ The slow one now ♪ ♪ Will later be fast ♪ ♪ As the present now ♪ ♪ Will later be past ♪ ♪ The order is ♪ ♪ Rapidly fadin' ♪ ♪ And the first one now ♪ ♪ Will later be last ♪ ♪ For the times they are a-changin' ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ John Brown went off to war to fight on a foreign shore ♪ ♪ His mama sure was proud of him!

♪ ♪ He stood straight and tall in his uniform and all ♪ ♪ His mama's face broke out into a grin ♪ ♪ "Oh son, you look so fine, I'm glad you're a son of mine, ♪ ♪ You make me proud to know you hold a gun ♪ ♪ Do what the captain says, lots of medals you will get, ♪ ♪ And we'll put them on the wall when you come home" ♪ ♪ As that old train pulled out, John's ma began to shout, ♪ ♪ Tellin' everyone in the neighborhood: ♪ ♪ "That's my son that's about to go, ♪ ♪ He's a soldier now, you know" ♪ ♪ She made well sure her neighbors understood ♪ ♪ She got a letter once in a while ♪ ♪ And her face broke into a smile ♪ ♪ As she showed them to the people from next door ♪ ♪ And she bragged about her son with his uniform and gun, ♪ ♪ And these things you called a good old-fashioned war ♪ ♪ Then the letters ceased to come, ♪ ♪ For a long time they did not come ♪ ♪ They ceased to come for about ten months or more ♪ ♪ Then a letter finally came saying, ♪ ♪ "Go down and meet the train ♪ ♪ Your son's a-coming back from the war" ♪ ♪ She smiled and went right down, ♪ ♪ She looked up and all around ♪ ♪ But she could not see her soldier son in sight ♪ ♪ But as all the people passed, she saw her son at last, ♪ ♪ When she did she could not believe her eyes ♪ ♪ Oh his face was all shot up ♪ ♪ And his hands were blown away ♪ ♪ And he wore a metal brace around his waist ♪ ♪ He whispered kind of slow, in a voice she did not know, ♪ ♪ While she couldn't even recognize his face!

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ "Oh tell me, my darling son, tell me what they done ♪ ♪ How is it you come to be this way?"

♪ ♪ He tried his best to talk but his mouth could hardly move ♪ ♪ And his mother had to turn her face away ♪ ♪ "Don't you remember, Ma, when I went off to war ♪ ♪ You thought it was the best thing I could do?

♪ ♪ I was on the battleground, you were home acting proud ♪ ♪ You wasn't there standing in my shoes" ♪ ♪ "Oh, and I thought when I was there, ♪ ♪ Lord, what am I doing here?

♪ ♪ I'm a-tryin' to kill somebody or die tryin' ♪ ♪ But the thing that scared me most ♪ ♪ Was when my enemy came close ♪ ♪ And I could see that his face looked just like mine" ♪ ♪ "And I couldn't help but think, ♪ ♪ Through the thunder rolling and stink, ♪ ♪ That I was just a puppet in a play ♪ ♪ And through the roar and smoke, ♪ ♪ This string is finally broke, ♪ ♪ And a cannon ball blew my eyes away" ♪ ♪ ♪ As he turned away to go, his Ma was going slow ♪ ♪ At seein' the metal brace that helped him stand ♪ ♪ But as he turned to leave, he called his mother close ♪ ♪ And he dropped his medals down into her hand ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ They're selling postcards of the hanging ♪ ♪ They're painting the passports brown ♪ ♪ The beauty parlor is filled with sailors ♪ ♪ The circus is in town ♪ ♪ Here comes the blind commissioner ♪ ♪ They've got him in a trance ♪ ♪ One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker ♪ ♪ The other is in his pants ♪ ♪ And the riot squad they're restless ♪ ♪ They need somewhere to go ♪ ♪ As Lady and I look out tonight ♪ ♪ From Desolation Row ♪ ♪ ♪ Cinderella, she seems so easy ♪ ♪ "It takes one to know one," she smiles ♪ ♪ And puts her hands in her back pockets ♪ ♪ Bette Davis style ♪ ♪ And in comes Romeo, he's moaning ♪ ♪ "You Belong to Me I Believe" ♪ ♪ And someone turns and says, ♪ ♪ "You're in the wrong room, my friend ♪ ♪ You better hurry up and leave" ♪ ♪ And the only sound that's left ♪ ♪ After the ambulances go ♪ ♪ Is Cinderella sweeping up ♪ ♪ On Desolation Row ♪ ♪ ♪ Now the moon is almost hidden ♪ ♪ The stars are beginning to hide ♪ ♪ The fortune telling lady ♪ ♪ Has even taken all her things inside ♪ ♪ All except for Cain and Abel ♪ ♪ And the hunchback of Notre Dame ♪ ♪ Everybody is making love ♪ ♪ Or else expecting rain ♪ ♪ And the Good Samaritan, he's dressing ♪ ♪ He's getting ready for the show ♪ ♪ He's going to the carnival tonight ♪ ♪ On Desolation Row ♪ ♪ Now Ophelia, she's 'neath the window ♪ ♪ For her I feel so afraid ♪ ♪ On her twenty-second birthday ♪ ♪ She already is an old maid ♪ ♪ To her, death is quite romantic ♪ ♪ She wears an iron vest ♪ ♪ Her profession's her religion ♪ ♪ Her sin is her lifelessness ♪ ♪ And though her eyes are fixed upon ♪ ♪ Noah's great rainbow ♪ ♪ She spends her time peeking ♪ ♪ Into Desolation Row ♪ ♪ ♪ Across the street they've nailed the curtains ♪ ♪ They're getting ready for the feast ♪ ♪ The Phantom of the Opera ♪ ♪ In a perfect image of a priest ♪ ♪ They're spoon feeding Casanova ♪ ♪ To get him to feel more assured ♪ ♪ Then they'll kill him with self-confidence ♪ ♪ After poisoning him with words ♪ ♪ And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls ♪ ♪ "Get outta here if you don't know" ♪ ♪ Casanova is just being punished for going ♪ ♪ To Desolation Row ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ At midnight all the agents ♪ ♪ And the superhuman crew ♪ ♪ Come out and round up everyone ♪ ♪ That knows more than they do ♪ ♪ Then they bring them to the factory ♪ ♪ Where the heart-attack machine ♪ ♪ Is strapped across their shoulders ♪ ♪ And then the kerosene ♪ ♪ Is brought down from the castles ♪ ♪ By insurance men who go ♪ ♪ Check to see that nobody is escaping ♪ ♪ Desolation Row ♪ ♪ Yes, I received your letter yesterday ♪ ♪ About the time the door knob broke ♪ ♪ When you asked me how I was doing ♪ ♪ Was that some kind of joke?

♪ ♪ All these people that you mention ♪ ♪ Yes, I know them, they're quite lame ♪ ♪ I had to rearrange their faces ♪ ♪ And give them all another name ♪ ♪ Right now I can't read too good ♪ ♪ Don't send me no more letters no ♪ ♪ Not unless you mail them ♪ ♪ From Desolation Row ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ Well, they'll stone ya when you're trying to be so good ♪ ♪ They'll stone ya just a-like they said they would ♪ ♪ Well, they'll stone you and say that it's the end ♪ ♪ Then they'll stone you and then they'll come back again ♪ ♪ But I would not feel so all alone ♪ ♪ Everybody must get stoned ♪ ♪ They'll stone ya when you're at the breakfast table ♪ ♪ They'll stone ya when you are young and able ♪ ♪ They'll stone ya and then they'll say "good luck" ♪ ♪ They'll stone ya just like you got hit by a truck ♪ ♪ I would not feel so all alone ♪ ♪ Everybody must get stoned ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ They'll stone ya when you'll beg for more ♪ ♪ They'll stone ya and then they'll close the door ♪ ♪ They'll stone you and say that it's the end ♪ ♪ Tell you they'll be back again ♪ ♪ I would not feel so all alone ♪ ♪ Everybody must get stoned ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ My love she speaks like silence ♪ ♪ Without ideals or violence ♪ ♪ She doesn't have to say she's faithful ♪ ♪ Yet she's true, like ice, like fire ♪ ♪ People carry roses ♪ ♪ Make promises by the hours ♪ ♪ My love she laughs like the flowers ♪ ♪ Valentines can't buy her ♪ ♪ In the dime stores and bus stations ♪ ♪ People talk of situations ♪ ♪ Read books, repeat quotations ♪ ♪ Draw conclusions on the wall ♪ ♪ Some speak of the future ♪ ♪ My love she speaks softly ♪ ♪ She knows there's no success like failure ♪ ♪ And that failure's no success at all ♪ ♪ The cloak and dagger dangles ♪ ♪ Madams light the candles ♪ ♪ In ceremonies of the horsemen ♪ ♪ Even the pawn must hold a grudge ♪ ♪ Statues made of matchsticks ♪ ♪ Crumble into one another ♪ ♪ My love winks, she does not bother ♪ ♪ She knows too much to argue or to judge ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ The bridge at midnight trembles ♪ ♪ The country doctor rambles ♪ ♪ Bankers' nieces seek perfection ♪ ♪ Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring ♪ ♪ The wind howls like a hammer ♪ ♪ The night blows cold and rainy ♪ ♪ My love she's like some raven ♪ ♪ At my window with a broken wing ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Fat man lookin' in a blade of steel ♪ ♪ Thin man lookin' at his last meal ♪ ♪ Hollow man lookin' in a cotton field ♪ ♪ For dignity ♪ ♪ ♪ Wise man lookin' in a blade of grass ♪ ♪ Young man lookin' in the shadows that pass ♪ ♪ Poor man lookin' through painted glass ♪ ♪ For dignity ♪ ♪ ♪ Somebody got murdered on New Year's Eve ♪ ♪ Somebody said dignity was the first to leave ♪ ♪ I went into the city, went into the town ♪ ♪ Went into the land of the midnight sun ♪ ♪ ♪ Searchin' high, searchin' low ♪ ♪ Searchin' everywhere I know ♪ ♪ Askin' the cops wherever I go ♪ ♪ Have you seen dignity?

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Blind man breakin' out of a trance ♪ ♪ Puts both his hands in the pockets of chance ♪ ♪ Hopin' to find one circumstance ♪ ♪ Of dignity ♪ ♪ ♪ I went to the wedding of Mary Lou ♪ ♪ She said, "I don't want nobody see me talkin' to you" ♪ ♪ Said she could get killed if she told me what she knew ♪ ♪ About dignity ♪ ♪ ♪ I went down where the vultures feed ♪ ♪ I would've gone deeper, but there wasn't any need ♪ ♪ Heard the tongues of angels and the tongues of men ♪ ♪ Wasn't any difference to me ♪ ♪ ♪ Chilly wind sharp as a razor blade ♪ ♪ House on fire, debts unpaid ♪ ♪ Gonna stand at the window, gonna ask the maid ♪ ♪ Have you seen dignity?

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Drinkin' man listens to the voice he hears ♪ ♪ In a crowded room full of covered-up mirrors ♪ ♪ Lookin' into the lost forgotten years ♪ ♪ For dignity ♪ ♪ ♪ Met Prince Phillip at the home of the blues ♪ ♪ Said he'd give me information if his name wasn't used ♪ ♪ He wanted money up front, said he was abused ♪ ♪ By dignity ♪ ♪ ♪ Footprints runnin' 'cross the silver sand ♪ ♪ Steps goin' down into tattoo land ♪ ♪ I met the sons of darkness and the sons of light ♪ ♪ In the bordertowns of despair ♪ ♪ ♪ Got no place to fade, got no coat ♪ ♪ I'm on the rollin' river in a jerkin' boat ♪ ♪ Tryin' to read a letter somebody wrote ♪ ♪ About dignity ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Sick man lookin' for the doctor's cure ♪ ♪ Lookin' at his hands for the lines that were ♪ ♪ And into every masterpiece of literature ♪ ♪ For dignity ♪ ♪ ♪ Englishman stranded in the blackheart wind ♪ ♪ Combin' his hair back, his future looks thin ♪ ♪ Bites the bullet and he looks within ♪ ♪ For dignity ♪ ♪ ♪ Someone showed me a picture and I just laughed ♪ ♪ Dignity never been photographed ♪ ♪ I went into the red, went into the black ♪ ♪ Into the valley of dry bone dreams ♪ ♪ ♪ So many roads, so much at stake ♪ ♪ So many dead ends, I'm at the edge of the lake ♪ ♪ Sometimes I wonder what it's gonna take ♪ ♪ To find dignity ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ Mama, take this badge off of me ♪ ♪ I can't use it anymore ♪ ♪ It's gettin' dark, too dark to see ♪ ♪ I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door ♪ ♪ ♪ Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door ♪ ♪ Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door ♪ ♪ Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door ♪ ♪ Just like so many times before ♪ ♪ Mama, wipe the blood outta my face ♪ ♪ I just can't see through it anymore ♪ ♪ Got a long black feeling and it's hard to trace ♪ ♪ I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door ♪ ♪ Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door ♪ ♪ Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door ♪ ♪ Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door ♪ ♪ Just like so many times before ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Mama, put my guns in the ground ♪ ♪ I just can't buy them anymore ♪ ♪ That long black train is pullin' on down ♪ ♪ I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door ♪ ♪ Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door ♪ ♪ Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door ♪ ♪ Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door ♪ ♪ Just like so many times before ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ Wait!

I'm way ahead of you!

Tune these instruments, too.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Once upon a time you dressed so fine ♪ ♪ You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?

♪ ♪ People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall" ♪ ♪ You thought they were all kiddin' you ♪ ♪ You used to laugh about ♪ ♪ Everybody that was hangin' out ♪ ♪ Now you don't talk so loud ♪ ♪ Now you don't seem so proud ♪ ♪ About having to be scrounging for your next meal ♪ ♪ ♪ How does it feel ♪ ♪ How does it feel ♪ ♪ To be on your own ♪ ♪ With no direction home ♪ ♪ Like a complete unknown ♪ ♪ Like a rolling stone?

♪ ♪ ♪ You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely ♪ ♪ But you know you only used to get juiced in it ♪ ♪ And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street ♪ ♪ And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it ♪ ♪ You said you'd never compromise ♪ ♪ With the mystery tramp, but now you realize ♪ ♪ He's not selling any alibis ♪ ♪ As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes ♪ ♪ And say do you want to make a deal?

♪ ♪ ♪ How does it feel ♪ ♪ How does it feel ♪ ♪ To be without a home ♪ ♪ With no direction home ♪ ♪ Like a complete unknown ♪ ♪ Like a rolling stone?

♪ ♪ ♪ You never turned around to see the frowns ♪ ♪ On the jugglers and the clowns ♪ ♪ When they all come down and did tricks for you ♪ ♪ You never understood that it ain't no good ♪ ♪ You shouldn't let other people ♪ ♪ Get your kicks for you ♪ ♪ You used to ride on the chrome horse ♪ ♪ With your diplomat ♪ ♪ Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat ♪ ♪ Ain't it hard when you discover that ♪ ♪ He really wasn't where it's at ♪ ♪ After he's taken everything he could steal ♪ ♪ How does it feel ♪ ♪ How does it feel ♪ ♪ To be without a home ♪ ♪ With no direction home ♪ ♪ Like a complete unknown ♪ ♪ Like a rolling stone?

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people ♪ ♪ They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made ♪ ♪ ♪ Exchanging all precious gifts ♪ ♪ But you'd better take your diamond ring, ♪ ♪ You'd better pawn it babe ♪ ♪ You used to be so amused ♪ ♪ At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used ♪ ♪ Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse ♪ ♪ When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose ♪ ♪ You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal ♪ ♪ ♪ How does it feel ♪ ♪ How does it feel ♪ ♪ To be without a home ♪ ♪ With no direction home ♪ ♪ Like a complete unknown ♪ ♪ Like a rolling stone?

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] [cheers grow louder] [rhythmic clapping] [whistles and cheering] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh my name it is 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 the land that I live in ♪ ♪ Has God on its side ♪ ♪ Now 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 ♪ ♪ Now 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 ♪ ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause]