He's the universal soldier, and he really is to blame
A Buddhist, a Baptist and a Jew
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
And he's fighting for democracy, he's fighting for the Reds
He's all of thirty-one and he's only seventeen
And he's fighting for Canada, he's fighting for France
He's been a soldier through a thousand years
They come from here and there and you and me and brothers can't you see
And without him all this killing can't go on
He's fighting for the USA
But without him, how would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau
His orders come from far away, no more
And he's fighting for the Russians and he's fighting for Japan
Kill you for me my friend and me for you
He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war
And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way
And he knows he shouldn't kill and he knows he always will
He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain
Without him Caesar would have stood alone
He says it's for the peace of all
