The universal soldier
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1. He is five feet two, and he`s
six feet four,
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he fights with missiles and with spears.
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He is
all of thirty-one, and he`s only seventeen,
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`s been a soldier for a thousand years.
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2. He`s a Catholic, a Hindu, and atheist, a
Jain,
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a Buddhist, and a Baptist, and a Jew.
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And
he knows he shouldn`t kill, and he knows he always
will,
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kill you for me, my friend, and me for you.
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3. And he`s fighting for Canada, he`s fighting
for France,
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he`s fighting for the USA.
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And he`s fighting for the Russians, and he`s
fighting for Japan,
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and he thinks we`ll put an end to war this way.
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4. And he`s fighting for democracy, he`s
fighting for the Reds,
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he
says, it`s for the peace of all.
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He`s the one who must decide, who`s to live and who`s to die,
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and he never sees the writing on the wall.
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5. But without him how would Hitler have
condemned them at Dachau,
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without him Caesar would have stood alone.
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He`s the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war,
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and without him all this killing can`t go on.
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6. He`s the universal soldier and he really is
to blame,
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his orders come from far away no more,
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they come from here and there and you and me -
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and brothers can`t you see,
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this is not a way we put an end to war.
(orig. = capo 4th) (Donovan)