He is five feet two, and he`s six feet four,
he fights with missiles and with spears.
He is all of thirty-one, and he`s only seventeen,
`s been a soldier for a thousand years.
He`s a Catholic, a Hindu, and 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 walls.
But without him how would Hitler, have condemned him at Dachau,
without him Caesar would have stood alone.
He`s the one who gives his body as a weapon to the war,
and without him all this killing can`t go on.
He`s the universal soldier and he really is to blame,
but his orders come from far away no more,
they come from here, and you and me,
and brothers can`t you see,
this is not a way we put an end to war.