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 warGonna fight for my country in some foreign land"He said "The sun will never hurt you, never harmed anyoneBut you must realizeIf you try to stare her down, she will win in the endShe will burn your eyes"She will burn them
Seen a million placesSeen a million faces dieAnd I wonder who will walk with meWhen I get to Heaven
He said "Boy I was young once, yeah, I was toughSailing on Uncle Sam's boatHey I could kill the enemy; I could die on foreign streetsBut I could not voteBut now you walk by me; you won't talk to meSay this is my fateBut every time you walk the streets boyMost of them you meetYou see, it's you they hateIt's you they hate
Seen a million facesSeen a million places dieAnd I wonder who will walk with meWhen I get to HeavenI hope I get there
Seen a million placesSeen a million faces dieAnd I wonder who will walk with meWhen I get there
See this woman sitting next to meShe's been there for a long, long timeAnd when I fell, she picked me upAnd when I cried, she wiped my tearsI thank god she's mineAnd when I leave this worldShe won't have anything but her love for me'Cause the man took everything else and made me hate myselfSo just let her be boyWon't you let her be
Seen a million placesSeen a million faces dieSeen a million mothers dieSeen a million brothers dieBut I wonder who will walk with meWhen I get thereWhen I get to HeavenI hope I get thereWhen I get to Heaven, yeah...