Bob Dylan - Let Me Die In My Footsteps Lyrics
I will not go down under the groundCause somebody tells me that deaths comin roundAn I will not carry myself down to dieWhen I go to my grave my head will be high,Let me die in my footstepsBefore I go down under the ground.Theres been rumors of war and wars that have beenThe meaning of the life has been lost in the windAnd some people thinkin that the end is close byStead of learnin to live they are learning to die.Let me die in my footstepsBefore I go down under the ground.I dont know if Im smart but I think I can seeWhen someone is pullin the wool over meAnd if this war comes and deaths all aroundLet me die on this land fore I die underground.Let me die in my footstepsBefore I go down under the ground.Theres always been people that have to cause fearTheyve been talking of the war now for many long yearsI have read all their statements and Ive not said a wordBut now lawd god, let my poor voice be heard.Let me die in my footstepsBefore I go down under the ground.If I had rubies and riches and crownsId buy the whole world and change things aroundId throw all the guns and the tanks in the seaFor they are mistakes of a past history.Let me die in my footstepsBefore I go down under the ground.Let me drink from the waters where the mountain streams floodLet me smell of wildflowers flow free through my bloodLet me sleep in your meadows with the green grassy leavesLet me walk down the highway with my brother in peace.Let me die in my footstepsBefore I go down under the ground.Go out in your country where the land meets the sunSee the craters and the canyons where the waterfalls runNevada, new mexico, arizona, idahoLet every state in this union seep in your souls.And youll die in your footstepsBefore you go down under the ground.
