Well, an old man said to me
In a voice filled with pain
Where you going, young man?
Said, I'm gonna 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, 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 the 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, yeah
Seen a million faces
Seen a million places, faces 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, 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
She 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, yeah?
Seen a million places
Seen a million faces die, faces die
Seen a million mothers cry
Seen a million brothers dying
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

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