Old Man And Me

Hootie & the Blowfish

Album: Fairweather Johnson



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



1-Seen a millon places

Seen a million faces die, faces die

Well, I wonder, who will walk with me

When I get to heaven (there)



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, yeah



Seen a million faces

Seen a million places die, places die

Well, I wonder who will walk with me

When I get to heaven, I hope I get there

(repeat 1)



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

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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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