Mama take this badge off me

I can't wear it anymore

Getting dark too dark to see

Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

Knock-knockin' on heaven's door

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door

Knockin' on heaven's door

Just like so many times before

♪

Mama take these guns and bury them in the ground

I can't shoot them anymore

Seen this long dark cloud comin' around

Feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

Knock-knockin' on heaven's door

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door

Knock-knockin' on heaven's door

Just like so many times before

♪

Mama wipe this blood from my face

I can't see through it anymore

Got a long dark feelin' and it's hard to trace

But I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

Knock-knockin' on heaven's door

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door

Knock-knockin' on heaven's door

Just like so many times before