Universal Soldier - Buffy Sainte-Marie

He's five foot-two and he's six feet-four He fights with missiles and with spears He's all of 31 and he's only 17 Been a soldier for a thousand year 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 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 them 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

This is the gallant crew that rolled the big super fort Which carried the first atomic bomb to Japan Piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets Jr. of Miami Carrying Navy Captain William Parsons of Chicago Who helped design the bomb, as observer And Major Thomas Ferebee of Mocksville, North Carolina Who pulled the plug on Hiroshima The B-29 dropped its load of atomic death Which exploded with a force equal to 20,000 tons of TNT بِسمِلَّه بِسمِلَّه اءذُ بِلَّّهِ مِن الشَيتَاً ِالرَّجم بِسمِلَّه اشَدُ اً لا ِلاهَ ِلّّ;للاهوَ اشَدُ انَ مُهَمَّد رَسُول اللِّه The son of slaves, true, I started out as peasant (Uh-uh) That's why I build my temple like Solomon in the desert (Uh-uh) The Lord is my rock, I speed dial through salah My trials in the fire, The Crucible made me hot I glow like embers of cold born with a touch of gold My mathematical theology of rhymin'll touch the soul I spent many nights bent off woods Clutchin' the bowl, stuffin' my nose Some of the cons, I suffer from prose My poetry's livin' like the God that I fall back on And all praises due to Allah for such a lustrious platform The teachers of the Abu, Elijah, Muhammad's my backbone When I spit the children on the mothership, bow on a platform The true history of Jesus comin' to age I wore a ski mask and glove to the masquerade Uh, I got the Roc on my shoulder (It's the Roc) Somebody should've told ya, I'm a motherfuckin' universal soldier Back when Emory Jones was catchin' the fed' charge I knew less about Chesimard All about Pablo Escobar Thinkin' I was the last one Allah would lay his blessings on I was trying not to end up like Tony in the restaurant Now I'm the General of the geechie army What don't kill us make us stronger, that's Nietzsche on me Hot boy like I'm B.G., that Fiji on me We done ducked them fed' charges, now we eatin' comfy Le fric, c'est chic That guilt trip ain't gon' work, don't put your luggage on we You ain't keep the same energy for the du Pont's and Carnegie's We was in your cotton fields, now we sippin' on these, only Save my soul Save me from myself Save my soul

I tippy-toe across your dream each night So as not to wake you Asleep in your summer A garland of flowers Yellow and white around your waist While I walk these paths of ice Ice my breast And strings of ice my hair My hands two hooks of steel Ice nose, snow eyes Frozen open mouth Flakes of snow your bridal veils I come down the soft white path Bouquets of poppies Spilling from my heart

My belly is a-cravin', I got a shakin' in my head, I feel like I'm dying, and I wish I was dead. If I live 'til tomorrow, that'll be a long time, But I'll real and I'll fall and I'll rise on cod'ine, And it's reel, and it's real, one more time. Well, when I was a young girl, I learned not to care Off whiskey, and frlick I often did swear. My mother and father said, Whiskey's a curse. But the fate of their baby was many times worse, And it's reel, and it's reel, one more time. Stay away from the cities; stay away from the town, Stay away from the man pushin' codeine around, Stay away from the stores where the remedy is fine, For better your pain than be caught on cod'ine, And it's reel, and it's reel, one more time. You'll forget you're a woman, you'll forget about men, Try it just once, and you'll try it again. You'll forget about life, you'll forget about time, And you'll live off your days as a slave to cod'ine, And it's reel, and it's reel, one more time. But, if I die tomorrow, still one thing I've done, I've heeded the warning that I got when I was young. My one satisfaction, it comes when I think That I'm livin' my life without bendin' to drink, And it's real, and it's real, one more time. And my belly is a-cravin'; I got a shakin' in my head, I feel like I'm dying, and I wish I was dead. If I live 'til tomorrow, that'll be a long time, But I'll reel and I'll fall and I'll die on cod'ine, And it's real, and it's real, one more time.

I tell you a story, it's a true one And I'll tell it like you'll understand And ain't gonna talk like some history man I look out and I see a land Young and lovely, hard and strong For fifty thousand years We've danced her praises Prayed our thanks and we've just begun This is, this is my country Young and growin' free and flowin' sea to sea Yes this is my country Ripe and bearing miracles in ev'ry pond and tree Her spirit walks the high country Givin' free wild samples And settin' an example how to give Yes, this is my country Retchin' and turnin', she's like a baby learnin' how to live I can stand upon a hill at dawn Look all around me, feel her surround me Soldier blue, can't you see her life has just begun? It's beating inside us Telling us she's here to guide us Ooh, soldier blue, soldier blue Can't you see that there's another way to love her? Ooh Yes, this is my country And I sprang from her and I'm learnin' how to count upon her Tall trees and the corn is high country Yes, I love her and I'm learnin' how to take care of her Whenever the news stories get me down I take a drink of freedom to think of North America from toe to crown It's never long before I know just why I belong here Ooh, soldier blue, soldier blue Can't you see that there's another way to love her? Soldier blue, soldier blue Can't you see that there's another way to love her? Soldier blue, soldier blue Can't you see that there's another way to love her?

Mi tabla, el mar, y yo Mi piel se moja com el sol Si en una ola yo voy Un mundo neuve encontrare Soy mas libre que un ave Me siento parte del mar Toda mi vida Un parti (?) estare Yo soy el mar Junta arena estoy yo Mi guitarra canta para el Las olas quieren jugar Y you las quiero besar You, your surfboard, and the sea The three of you all drenched in sun My guitar plays as you paddle out You're freeer than a bird, my love And all my life I'll stay beside you

Hold your head up Lift the top of your mind Put your eyes on the Earth Lift your heart to your own home planet What do you see? What is your attitude Are you here to improve or damn it Look right now and you will see We're only here by the skin of our teeth as it is So take heart and take care of your link with Life and Oh carry it on – We're saying Oh carry it on – Keep playing Oh carry it on – And praying It ain't money that makes the world go round That's only temporary confusion It ain't governments that make the people strong It's the opposite illusion Look right now and you will see They're only here by the skin of our teeth as it is So take heart and take care of your link with Life Oh carry it on – Keep saying Oh carry it on – And playing Oh carry it on – And praying Look right now and you will see We're only here by the skin of our teeth as it is So take heart and take care of your link with Life is beautiful If you got the sense to take care of your source of perfection Mother Nature She's the daughter of God and the source of all protection Look right now And you will see she's only here by the skin of her teeth as it is So take heart and take care of your link with Life Oh carry it on – Keep saying Oh carry it on – And playing Oh carry it on – Keep on praying