"Soldier" is a song by Neil Young from the 1972

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Journey Through the Past ''Journey Through the Past'' is a double LP soundtrack album from the film of the same name by Canadian / American musician Neil Young, released in November 1972 on Reprise Records, catalogue number 2XS 6480.''Journey Through the Past'' double L ...

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

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