Well, an old man said to me, in a voice filled with pain, "where you going, 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 burnthem
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 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 theyhate, it's you, yeah"
Seen a million faces
Seen a million places die (places die)
And I wonder who will walk with me
When I get to Heaven
I hope I get there
Seen a million places
I seen a million faces die (faces die)
But I wonder who will walk with me
When I get there
"See this woman sittin' 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 Godshe's mine
And when I leave this world, she won't have anything, but her love for me, yeah
Because the man took everything else, she made me hate myself, so just let her be, boy,won't you let her be, yeah"
Seen a million places
I seen a million faces die (faces die)
Seen a million mothers cry
Seen a million brothers grieve
But I wonder who will walk with me
When I get there
When I get to Heaven
I wanna get there
When I get to Heaven, yeah
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