Print

Well I will not go down under the groundjust 'cos someone told me that deaths coming roundand I will not carry myself down to diewhen I go to my grave my head will be high, let me diein my footstepsbefore I go down, under the groundThere's been rumours of war and a war that has beenthe meaning of life has been lost to the windThere's people, they're thinking,that the end is close byInstead of learning to live, they're just learning to dieLet me dieIn my footstepsBefore I go down, under the groundI don't know if I'm smart, but I think I could seewhen somebody's pulling the wool over meAnd if this war comes and death is all aroundLet me die on this land before I die undergroundLet me dieIn my footstepsBefore I go down, under the groundWell there's always been people that like to cause fearthey've been talking about these wars now, for many long yearsSongtexteand I've read all their statements, and I've not said a wordBut now Lord, God let my poor voice be heardLet me dieIn my footstepsbefore I go down, under the groundAnd if I had riches and rubies and crownsWell I'd buy this whole world up, and I'd change it aroundand I'd throw all their bombs and their guns in the seabecause they are the mistakes of our past historyLet me diein my footstepsBefore I go down, under the groundLet me drink from your waterWhere the mountain streams floodLet the smell of wild flowers flow free through my bloodlet me sleep in your meadow, with the green grassy leavesLet me walk down these highwayswith my brothers in peaceLet me dieIn my footstepsBefore I go down, under the groundSo go out in this 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 sink into your soulAnd you'll dieIn your footstepsbefore you go down, under the ground Aus Songtexte Mania