Old Man & Me

Well, an old man said to me in a voice filled with pain

"Where you goin', young man?"

Said, "I'm goin' to fight a war

Gonna fight for my country in some foreign land"

He said, "The sun will never hurt you, never harmed anyone

But you must realize

If you try to stare her down she will win in the end

She will burn your eyes, she will burn them"

Seen a million places

Seen a million faces die

Well, I wonder who will walk with me

When I get to heaven

He said, "Boy, I was young once, yeah I was tough

Sailin' on Uncle Sam's boat

Hey, I could kill the enemy, I could die on foreign streets

But I could not vote

But now you walk by me, you won't talk to me

Say this is my fate

But every time you walk the streets, boy

Most of them you meet, you see it's you they hate

It's you they hate"

Seen a million faces

Seen a million places die

Well, I wonder who will walk with me

When I get to heaven

I hope I get there

Seen a million places

Seen a million faces die

Well, I wonder who will walk with me

When I get there

See this woman sitting next to me

She's been there for a long, long time

And when I fell, she picked me up

And when I cried, she wiped my tears

I thank God she's mine

And when I leave this world

I won't have anything but her love for me

Well, the man took everything else

He made me hate myself so just let her be, boy

Won't you let her be?

Seen a million places

Seen a million faces die

Seen a million mothers die

Seen a million brothers die

But I wonder who will walk with me

When I get there

When I get to Heaven

I hope I get there

When I get to Heaven