He's Not Just a Soldier
1969 · Freeway TW-9 · Las Vegas, Nevada
- Artist
- Thomas Douglas
- Title
- He's Not Just a Soldier
- Release
- He's Not Just a Soldier / He's Got the Whole World
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Freeway # TW-9
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- Songwriter
- William Pitt & Richard Penniman
- Genre
- Folk · Psychedelic Folk
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
The song He's Not Just a Soldier (Douglas, Thomas) (Freeway Records # TW-9) Anti-War / Credibility Gap. Psychedelic Folk. Recorded 21 June 1969. Los Vegas, Nevada, USA. Composed by William Pitt & Richard Penniman (aka Little Richard). Based on the Little Richard 1962 single He's Not Just a Soldier. "It gets more difficult everyday to keep quiet, men are being killed Overseas, they're being crippled, blinded, subjected to inhuman Cruelties, you'll have a hard time convincing these men that there's No war going on, meanwhile, back in the US no one has got around To declaring a war, after all it's only 200 men being killed each week Maybe if we don't get mad we could avoid another war, it's nothing Serious, not much worse than Pearl Harbor, meanwhile in Vietnam Another healthy 18 year old marine gets shot in the side of the head He's going to live but he'll lose his eyesight, his face will be disfigured He's going to spend the rest of his life making little license plates for key Chains, you know the kind you get each year from the disabled veteran Meanwhile back in the US, Congress is getting mad, their voting on an Important bill to decide what to write on cigarette packs, then…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
The song He's Not Just a Soldier (Douglas, Thomas) (Freeway Records # TW-9) Anti-War / Credibility Gap. Psychedelic Folk. Recorded 21 June 1969. Los Vegas, Nevada, USA. Composed by William Pitt & Richard Penniman (aka Little Richard). Based on the Little Richard 1962 single He's Not Just a Soldier. "It gets more difficult everyday to keep quiet / Men are being killed overseas / They're being crippled, blinded, subjected to inhuman cruelties / You'll have a hard time convincing these men that there's no war going on / Meanwhile, back in the US no one has got around to declaring a war / After all it's only 200 men being killed each week / Maybe if we don't get mad we could avoid another war / It's nothing serious, not much worse than Pearl Harbor / Meanwhile in Vietnam another healthy 18 year old marine gets shot in the side of the head / He's going to live but he'll lose his eyesight / His face will be disfigured / He's going to spend the rest of his life making little license plates for key chains / You know the kind you get each year from the disabled veteran / Meanwhile back in the US, Congress is getting mad, their voting on an important bill to decide what to write on…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Based on the Little Richard 1962 single He's Not Just a Soldier.
About the artist
Unknown - no admissible source documents a release or biography for this artist under "He's Not Just A Soldier"; inadmissible uploads suggest a 1969 recording on a "Freeway" label, noted only as a lead. [Source: no admissible match]
Themes
Anti-War · Credibility Gap · Disabled Vet · Vet · Anti-Government · WW2 · Attack on Pearl Harbor