He's five foot two and he’s six feet four

He fights with missiles and with spears

He's all of 31 and he's only 17

Been a soldier for a thousand years

He’s a Christian, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain

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

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 soul

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 his body as a weapon of the war

And without him, all this killing can’t go on, no

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 the end to war, no