Old Man & Me

Well an old man said to me in a voice filled with pain
 "Where you going young man?"
 Said "I'm going 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
 And I wonder who will walk with me
 When I get to Heaven
 He said "Boy I was young once, yeah, I was tough
 Sailing 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
 And 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
 And 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
 She won't have anything but her love for me
 'Cause the man took everything else and 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, yeah...