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Universal Soldier Lyrics

Artist: Donovan

He's five foot-two, and he's six feet-four,
He fights with missiles and with spears.
He's all of thirty-one, and he's only seventeen,
He's been a soldier for a thousand years.

He'a a Catholic, a Hindu, an Atheist, a Jain,
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew.
And he knows he shouldn't kill,
And he knows he always will,
Kill you for me my friend and me for you.

And he's fighting for Canada,
He's fighting for France,
He's fighting for the USA,
And he's fighting for the Russians,
And he's fighting for Japan,
And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way.

And he's fighting for Democracy,
He's fighting for the Reds,
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 would Hitler have condemned him at Labau?
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.

He's the Universal Soldier and he really is to blame,
His orders come from far away no more,
They come from here and there and you and me,
And brothers can't you see,
This is not the way we put an end to war.

Comments/Interpretations
by Richard on 5/24/2008 5:49am Pity the world isnt listening.
by Niki on 5/26/2008 8:13pm I totally agree its too bad the people of the world dont listen or care
by Tom on 8/24/2008 9:44am More of the world needs to hear this song. you can bet if that tool Bono got hold of it, we'd take more notice. sad really.
by Renee LaFortune on 11/10/2008 12:34pm Donovan may have recorded the song but the lyrics were written by Buffy Sainte Marie.
by Martin Leigh on 1/24/2009 5:06am But without him how would Hitler have condemned him at Lw'ow Lw'ow was a german concentration camp!!!
by Scott Schildwaster on 6/20/2009 11:13am The song's been out there since the '60's: what a pity the world's politicians are more interested in meglomania than in serving the needs of their constituencies.
by Victoria on 1/16/2010 8:48pm I loved this song when it came out in the 60's. I like it better than 'The Eve of Destruction' that came out the same time. I always thought this one was more important. And, still noone is noticing/listening... sigh.
by Sara on 5/1/2010 7:28am It's "Dachau" not "Labau"
by Bob on 7/24/2010 12:33pm Written by Buffy Sainte-Marie I believe

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