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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