He's 5 '2",
he's 6 '4",
he fights with missiles and with spears
He's all of 31 and he's only 17,
he's been a soldier for a
thousand years
He's a Catholic, Hindu, an atheist,
a Zin, a Buddhist, a Baptist, and a Jew.
He knows he shouldn't kill,
but he knows he always will kill you,
my friend,
for me and me for you.
He's fighting for Canada,
he's fighting for France,
he's fighting for the USA.
He's fighting for the Russians
and he's fighting for Japan
And he thinks he'll put
an end to war that way
He's fighting for democracy,
he's fighting for the rich
He says it's for the peace of all
He's the one who must decide
who's to live and who's to die
And he never sees
the writing on the wall
But without him how could Hitler
have condemned a man to bow?
Without him Caesar would
have stood alone
He's the one who gives his body
as a weapon of the war
And without him
all this killing can't go on
Guess he's a universal soldier
and he ready is to blame
His orders come from far away no more
They come from him and you
and me and brother can't you see
This is not the way to put an end to war