Mama, take this badge off of me

 I can't use it anymore.

 It's gettin' dark, too dark 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, put my guns in the ground

 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

 

 Mama come wipe this blood from my face

 I can't see through it anymore

 and it's a feeling I can't chase

 I feel I'm knockin on heavens 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