die in my footsteps

"If I had rubies and riches and crowns I'd buy the whole world and change things around:
I'd throw all the guns and the tanks in the sea for they are mistakes of a past history.
Let me die in my footsteps, before I go down under the ground.

Let me drink from the waters where the mountain streams flood,

let me smell of wildflowers flow free through my blood
let me sleep in your meadows with the green grassy leaves,

let me walk down the highway with my brother in peace.
Let me die in my footsteps, before I go down under the ground."

-Bob Dylan