Old Man And Me

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 22:52:06 -0500 From: stephenlester@mail.utexas.edu (Stephen Lester) Here are the lyrics from Hootie and the Blowfish's "Old Man and Me" on the Fairweather Johnson album. You can find any information on http://hootie.com Lyrics, concert dates (of the Fairweather Johnson tour), merchandise, etc. "Old Man and Me" 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 And When I cried, she wiped my tears I thank God she's mine And when I leave ths world She won't have anything But her love for me Because the man took everthing else Made me hate myself So just let her be boy Won't you let her be Seen a million places Seen a million faces die Seen a million mother cry Seen a million brothers dying But I wonder who will walk with me when I get there When I get to Heaven.... Oh when I get there When I get to Heaven yeah... If you haven't gotten the new album "Fairweather Johnson" I highly recommend it. It is even better than "Cracked Rear View." -Cade Smith