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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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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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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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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 walls.
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But without him how would Hitler, have condemned him 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 to the war,
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and without him all this killing can`t go on.
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He`s the universal soldier and he really is to blame,
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but his orders come from far away no more,
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they come from here, 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.