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
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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
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She will burn them
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Seen a million places
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Seen a million faces die
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And I wonder who will walk with me
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When I get to Heaven
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He said "Boy I was young once
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Yeah I was tough
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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
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But now you walk by me
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You won't talk to me
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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
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You see it's you they hate
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It's you...
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Seen a million faces
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Seen a million places die
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And I wonder who will walk with me
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When I get to Heaven
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I hope I get there
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Seen a million places
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Seen a million faces die
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And I wonder who will walk with me
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When I get there
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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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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
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But her love for me
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'Cause the man took everything else
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Made me hate myself
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So just let her be boy
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Won't you let her be
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Old Man & Me
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| Hootie & The Blowfish |
