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
    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 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...
    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
  She's 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 she's mine
  And when I leave this world
  She won't have anything
  But her love for me
  'Cause the man took everything else
  Made me hate myself
  So just let her be boy
  Won't you let her be