Mama, take this badge off o' me I can't use it anymore It's gettin' dark, much too dark to see you I feel I'm knockin' on Heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door Mama, put my guns in the ground I can't shoot them anymore That long black cloud is going' down I feel I'm knockin' on Heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door Mama wipe this blood from my face I'm sick and tired of the war Don't know if it's night or if this is sun, rising high Scared of knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's door