A song of war and peace, but mainly a song of personal responsibility which cries out not against the ‘little guy’ but against the ‘guy who knows better,’ against those who work or fight in an unjust cause, who turn their heads or shut their eyes or cross to the other side of the street."

Taken from the back cover of It’s My Way!^[[1] https://genius.com/Buffy-sainte-marie-the-universal-soldier-lyrics]