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 they hate
"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 they hate
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