Well an old man said to me

In a voice filled with pain

Where you going young man

Said Im 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 Sams 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 wont talk to me

Say this is my fate

But every time you walk the streets boy

Most of them you meet

You see its you they hate

Its 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

Shes 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 shes mine

And when I leave this world

She wont have anything

But her love for me

Cause the man took everything else

Made me hate myself

So just let her be boy

Wont you let her be