Soldier (Neil Young song)

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1972 song by Neil Young

"Soldier"

Song by Neil Young
from the album  Journey Through the Past
Released| 7 November 1972
Recorded| 18 November 1971
Genre| Rock
Length| 3:39
Label| Reprise
Songwriter(s)| Neil Young
Producer(s)| Neil Young
L.A. Johnson

"Soldier" is a song by Neil Young from the 1972 soundtrack album, Journey Through the Past. It was the only new track included on the album, and was later released on the 1977 compilation Decade, although it was slightly edited.

The song observes how a soldier's eyes "shine like the sun." In the second verse, Young sings he does not believe Jesus because he "can't deliver right away".

According the Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 book (1945-1972), this recording is Neil solo on piano and vocal, recorded by L.A. Johnson inside a sawdust burner in a sawmill, Kings Mountain, California on November 18, 1971. According to Neil Young's notes from the Decade 3-Record set(1977), the sounds in the background are of a roaring fire. This song is published by Silver Fiddle/BMI.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Neil Young Archives, Vol. 1, 1945-1972

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