Universal Soldier
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,
He's 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 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 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.
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'll put the end to war.
Soldado Universal
Él mide cinco pies dos y seis pies cuatro
Él lucha con misiles y lanzas.
Tiene treinta y uno, pero solo diecisiete,
Ha sido soldado por mil años.
Es católico, hindú, ateo, jainista,
Budista, bautista y judío
Y sabe que no debería matar
Y sabe que siempre lo hará,
Matarte por mí, amigo, y yo por ti.
Y lucha por la democracia, lucha por los Rojos,
Dice que es por la paz de todos.
Es él quien debe decidir
Quién debe vivir y quién debe morir,
Y nunca ve la escritura en la pared.
Pero sin él, ¿cómo Hitler lo habría condenado en Dachau?
Sin él, César habría estado solo.
Es él quien da su cuerpo como arma de guerra,
Y sin él, toda esta matanza no puede continuar.
Es el soldado universal, y realmente es culpable
Sus órdenes ya no vienen de lejos
Vienen de él, y de ti y de mí,
Y hermanos, ¿no pueden ver,
Que este no es el camino para poner fin a la guerra?