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Old Man And Me
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Hootie & the Blowfish
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Album: Fairweather Johnson
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Well, an old man said to me
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In a voice filled with pain
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Where you going, young man?
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Said, I'm going to fight a war
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Gonna fight for my country
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In some foreign land
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He said, the sun will never hurt you
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Never harmed anyone, but you must realize
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If you try to stare her down
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She will win in the end
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she will burn your eyes, she will burn them
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1-Seen a millon places
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Seen a million faces die, faces die
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Well, I wonder, who will walk with me
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When I get to heaven (there)
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He said, boy I was young once
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Yeah, I was tough, sailing on Uncle Sam's boat
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Hey, I could kill the enemy
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I could die on foreign streets
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But I could not vote, but now you walk by me
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You won't talk to me, say this is my fate
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But every time you walk, the streets, boy
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Most of them you meet, you see
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It's you they hate, it's you, yeah
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Seen a million faces
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Seen a million places die, places die
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Well, I wonder who will walk with me
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When I get to heaven, I hope I get there
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(repeat 1)
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See this woman sitting next to me?
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She's been there for a long, long, time
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And when I fell, she picked me up
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And when I cried, she wiped my tears
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I thank God she's mine
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And when I leave this world
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She won't have anything, but her love for me
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Well, the man took everything else
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He made me hate myself, so just let her be, boy
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Won't you let her be, yeah
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(rpt 1)
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Seen a million mothers cry
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Seen a million brothers dying
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But I wonder who will walk with me
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When I get there, when I get to heaven
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I hope I get there, when I get to heaven, yeah
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Old Man And Me
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hootie and the blowfish |