from the songs album Best of Hootie & The Blowfish 1993-2003
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...?
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?
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?
Made me hate myself?
So just let her be boy?
Won't you let her be
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