Let Me Die in My Footsteps-Bob Dylan

[ti:Let Me Die in My Footsteps] [ar:Bob Dylan] [al:New York Sessions 1962] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Let Me Die in My Footsteps - Bob Dylan [00:06.33]I will not go down under the ground [00:09.79] [00:12.65]Cause someone tells me that death's comin' 'round [00:15.93] [00:16.49]An' I will not carry myself down to die [00:20.04] [00:21.65]When I go to my grave my head will be high [00:25.86]Let me die in my footsteps [00:28.43] [00:29.90]Before I go down under the ground [00:33.51] [00:36.82]There's been rumors of war and wars that have been [00:40.80] [00:42.50]The meaning of the life has been lost in the wind [00:45.76] [00:46.33]And some people thinkin' that the end is close by [00:50.97] [00:51.52]Stead of learnin' to live they are learning to die [00:54.92] [00:55.60]Let me die in my footsteps [00:59.42] [00:59.94]Before I go down under the ground [01:04.10] [01:07.25]I don't know if I'm smart but I think I can see [01:10.82] [01:12.61]When someone is pullin' the wool over me [01:16.02] [01:16.75]And if this war comes and death's all around [01:20.66] [01:21.97]Let me die on this land 'fore I die underground [01:25.23] [01:26.04]Let me die in my footsteps [01:29.58] [01:30.40]Before I go down under the ground [01:34.19] [01:37.54]There's always been people that have to cause fear [01:41.08] [01:42.95]They've been talking of the war now for many long years [01:46.68] [01:47.36]I have read all their statements and I've not said a word [01:50.40] [01:52.30]But now lawd god let my poor voice be heard [01:55.80] [01:56.36]Let me die in my footsteps [01:59.53] [02:00.69]Before I go down under the ground [02:05.01] [02:08.14]If I had riches and rubies and crowns [02:12.39] [02:13.35]I'd buy the whole world and change things around [02:17.51]I'd throw all the tanks and the guns in the sea [02:20.89] [02:22.74]For they are mistakes of a past history [02:26.12] [02:26.85]Let me die in my footsteps [02:30.53] [02:31.13]Before I go down under the ground [02:35.78] [02:38.44]Let me drink from the waters where the mountain streams flood [02:42.28] [02:43.65]Let me smell of wildflowers flow free through my blood [02:47.26] [02:47.82]Let me sleep in your meadows with the green grassy leaves [02:51.83] [02:52.91]Let me walk down the highway with my brother in peace [02:56.56] [02:57.08]Let me die in my footsteps [03:00.59] [03:01.31]Before I go down under the ground [03:06.15] [03:06.72]Go out in your country where the land meets the sun [03:10.16] [03:11.85]See the craters and the canyons where the waterfalls run [03:15.44] [03:16.03]Nevada new mexico arizona idaho [03:19.57] [03:21.14]Let every state in this union seep in your souls [03:25.53]And you'll die in your footsteps [03:28.89] [03:29.75]Before you go down under the ground