[Verse 1]
He's five-foot two
And he's six-feet four
He fights with missiles and with spears
And he's all of thirty-one
And he's only seventeen
He's been a soldier for a thousand years

[Verse 2]
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

[Verse 3]
And he's fighting for Canada
He's fighting for France
He's fighting for the USA
He's fighting for the Russians
And he's fighting for Japan
And he thinks he'll put an end to war that way

[Verse 4]
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
[Verse 5]
But without him
How could 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

[Verse 6]
He's the universal soldier
And he really is to blame
His orders come from far away no more
They come from him and you and me
And brothers, can't you see
This is not the way we put an end to war? (Put an end to war)