[Verse 1]

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"

[Chorus]

I've seen a million places

I've seen a million faces die (Faces die)

But I wonder who will walk with me

When I get to Heaven

[Verse 2]

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"

[Chorus]

I've seen a million places

I've seen a million faces die (Faces die)

But I wonder who will walk with me

When I get to Heaven

I hope I get there

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

I've seen a million faces

I've seen a million faces die (Faces die)

But I wonder who will walk with me

When I get there

[Verse 3]

See this woman sitting next to me?

She's been there for a long, long time

And when I fell, she picked me up, and 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

Because the man took everything else, he

Made me hate myself, so just let her be, boy

Won't you let her be? Yeah

[Outro]

I've seen a million places

I've seen a million faces die (Faces die)

I've seen a million mothers die

I've seen a billion brothers dying

But I wonder who will walk with me

When I get there

When I get to Heaven

I hope I get there

When I get to Heaven, yeah