Universal Soldier Lyrics

The song Universal Soldier is performed by Donovan in the album named Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976 in the year 1996 .



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's 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 U.S.A.
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 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




Donovan - Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976

Oct 1996

  1. London Town
  2. Codine
  3. Catch The Wind
  4. Universal Soldier
  5. Colours
  6. Sunshine Superman
  7. Season Of The Witch
  8. The Trip
  9. Guinevere
  10. Breezes Of Patchulie
  11. Museum
  12. Super Lungs
  13. Mellow Yellow
  14. Writer In The Sun
  15. Sand And Foam
  16. Sunny South Kensington
  17. Epistle To Dippy
  18. There Is A Mountain
  19. Wear Your Love Like Heaven
  20. Oh Gosh
  21. The Tinker And The Crab
  22. Poor Cow
  23. Hurdy Gurdy Man
  24. Jennifer Juniper
  25. Teen Angel
  26. Lalena
  27. To Susan On The West Coast Waiting
  28. Atlantis
  29. Barabajagal
  30. Happiness Runs
  31. Celia Of The Seals
  32. Riki Tiki Tavi
  33. Clara Clairvoyant
  34. Roots Of Oak
  35. Maria Magenta
  36. Cosmic Wheels
  37. I Like You
  38. Yellow Star
  39. Rock And Roll Souljer
  40. The Quest
  41. Age Of Treason
  42. What The Soul Desires
  43. Dark-Eyed Blue Jean Angel


Universal Soldier