Mama, take this badge away from me

I don't need it anymore.

It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see

I feel like 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, take these guns and bury them in the ground

For I can't shoot them anymore.

That long black cloud is comin' down

I feel like 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

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Can't you here me knockin'

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Oh Lord I'm knockin'

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

I am knockin'

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door