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He’s 5 foot 2 and he’s 6 feet 4
And he fights with missiles and with spears
He’s all of 31 and he’s only 17
And he’s been a soldier for a thousand years

He’s a Christian, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jane
A Buddhist, and a Muslim 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 Palestine
He’s fighting for Israel
And he’s fighting for the USA
And he’s fighting for the Russians
And he’s fighting for Iraq
And he thinks we’ll put an end to war this way

And he’s fighting for democracy
He’s fighting for his soil
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 Dachau?
Without him Caesar would have stood alone
He’s the one who gives is 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 comes from
far away no more

They come from here and there
And you and me
Oh, brother can’t you see
This is not the way we put an end to war