Which Side Are You On?

Which Side Are You On? Come all ye gathered round here And listen while you can To the voice of every woman The conflicted heart of man Which Side Are You On? My Daddy was a soldier And I'm a soldier's child But the dream of peace And the urge to fight Just can't be reconciled Which Side Are You On? They say stand up for justice And where we drew the line And you can do the killing Because we don't have the spine Which Side Are You On? I read all ten commandments Our parade of sins and tricks I think one said, "Thou shalt not kill" But it's only Number Six Which Side Are You On? They kill us while we're sleeping They kill us overhead But I can't pay my grocery bill Or keep my children fed So suffer little children And never spare the rod Do we kill and keep on killing Until we're understood? Which Side Are You On?

Which Side Are You On? (Live 2013) Written by Florence Reece Performed by Elvis Costello & Joan Baez Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar Joan Baez - vocal Chris Thile - mandolin Dirk Powell - accordion Paul Kowert - double bass Jack Ashford - tambourine Jay Bellerose - drums Recorded September 29, 2013, Town Hall, New York, NY Released January 13, 2015 Various Artists collections Another Day Another Time: Celebrating The Music Of Inside Llewyn Davis, 2015 Length 4:03 Note Elvis seems to have written his own lyrics for this song, although Reece is the sole credited writer. First known performance:  September 29, 2013, New York, NY Last known performance:  October 18, 2014, Edinburgh, Scotland      (4 known performances)

Recordings by other artists

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Year

Release

Links

The Almanac Singers

1941

The Weavers

1963

Internal links

• Lyrics

External links

• Wikipedia: Which Side Are You On?
• Broadside '13