Buffy Sainte Marie - "Universal Soldier"

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

Hes a catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jane
A buddist, a Baptist and Jew.
And he knows he shouldnt ve killed
And he knows he always will kill
Youll for me my freidn and me for you

Hes fighting for Canada.
Hes fighting for France.
Hes fighting for the USA.
And hes fighting for the Russians.
And hes fighting for Japan
And he thinks well brought an end to war this way.

Hes fighting for democracy,
hes fighting for the reds
He says its for the peace of all.
Hes the one, who must decide,
whos to live and whos 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
Hes the one who gives is body
as a weapon to the war.
And without him all this killing cant go on

Hes the universal soldier
And he really is the blame
But his orders comes from
far away no more.

They come from him.
And you and me.
Oh, brothers cant you see.
This is not the way we put an end to war

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[ETwoDTwo]

The people who comment on this video say its a great inspiration. I think it's awful. It condemns the soldiers, saying they are doing something wrong. Well to all of you anti war people who think all of Earths problems can be solved without bloodshed, you are wrong. I lost my cousin earlier this year in Afghanistan but I accept the fact that he was killing people for his country; and died because someone else was doing it for their own.

[NativeAmerican4Life]

@ETwoDTwo I'm deeply sorry for your loss :(

Thank you for your comment though :) It's always welcome to hear from a different perspective and I respect you for your beliefs. I believe, however, this song is not to "condemn" soldiers, but to show that they, too, are victims. They indeed fight and die for us all, but the song also explains that we were taught to think that way - making it so there is no alternative to resolve international or civil conflict, and so soldiers must fight.

[tribegoddess]

I have heard war, I have seen war, I have felt war, I have smelled the entrails of those who used to be my friends, and now 44 years later I dream of war. It makes me sick, but beyond sweating, all I can do is cry and wish I had never gone. Now I don't wish it on anyone. Fred Jack, a disabled Viet Nam Veteran

[DinosaurKale]

@ETwoDTwo It accuses the soldiers, but I think it's primary focus is accusing those of us who vote for politicians who send soldiers into war. Look up this version and listen to the interview at the beginning. /watch?v=VGWsGyNsw00

[bckm54]

Many of you I disagree with. But reading the comments, most of them have perspective and are not the usual "fuck your opinion" thing one sees so often on youtube. Maybe THAT is the message. Maybe the message is that there is hope. And where there is hope, there is life.

Peace.

[HeWhoAvoidsTheLight]

@ETwoDTwo...yeah just think...if your cousin never signed up to invade countries for the army he wouldnt have been blown up by a man protecting his wife and children...he would be alive now. That is what this song is about.

[esgietheqroue]

@hurrpadurp So, a song which has the explicit message that it is wrong to try and bring about peace by becoming a soldier, inspired you to become a soldier?

Wow. Just wow.

[rhytonen]

Jain actually - sorry

[rhytonen]

Um... that religion's name is spelled "Djain"

[aaron4wilkins]

Buffy Sainte Marie is the original composer of this song,not Donavan Lietch

[krkraz]

The song may have a wrong idea. But the analyses of the needed aggressions of other people has a useless WIll...

[RosenGary]

@deanna6812 I actually prefer Donovan's rendition. Oddly, he changed "Dachau" to "Lebau".