He's five foot-two, and he's six feet-four,
He
fights with missiles and with spears.
He's all of
thirty-one, and he's only seventeen,
Been a soldier
for a thousand years.
He'a a Catholic, a Hindu,
an Atheist, a Jain,
A Buddhist and a Baptist 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 Canada,
He's
fighting for France,
He's fighting for the USA,
And he's fighting for the Russians,
And he's
fighting for Japan,
And he thinks we'll put an end to
war this way.
And he's fighting for
Democracy,
He's fighting for the Reds,
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 Labau?
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.
He's the Universal Soldier and he
2007-02-03 03:46:30 · 14 answers · asked by kat...grrr... 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
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.
2007-02-03 03:58:40 · update #1
why can't people see this?
2007-02-03 03:59:39 · update #2
"Hell is other people," Jean Paul Sartre, Nobel prize winner for Literature.
2007-02-03 03:55:39 · answer #1 · answered by mac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I downloaded some songs to my mp3 at the weekend and this cropped up today while I was listening! Didn't realise I'd downloaded it. I thought as I listened to it that it should be put on every radio station's play-list....it's so relevant with all the futile fighting going on.
2007-02-05 10:34:29 · answer #2 · answered by reader19492003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love this Donovan song. I see it as an anthem to the Military.
Its not our Armed Services fault its the politicians. Ultimately they have to sort it out, or give the military the freedom to do it for them.
2007-02-03 08:51:29 · answer #3 · answered by pwei34 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Graduate to Bob Dylan - Donovan is old hat.
2007-02-03 06:23:59 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whats the question?
2007-02-03 03:50:13 · answer #5 · answered by OriginalBubble 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is Donovan the answer you are looking for? 1960's
2007-02-03 03:58:07 · answer #6 · answered by jimbob 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one thing. 17 year olds cant fight until they are 18
2007-02-03 04:24:05 · answer #7 · answered by kleighs mommy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hooray for bad poetry.
2007-02-03 03:51:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
allows his heart to grow colder?
is as strong as a boulder?
needs no rehearsal, because his might is that of a boulder?
has love and told her...?
What writing on what wall.....They'll have to clean that up....
I wasn't sure if you were waiting for us to finish your poem....
2007-02-03 03:56:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Terrible .... just Awful ...try again
2007-02-04 02:44:58 · answer #10 · answered by stewartandanna 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋