Mama, take this badge away from me
I don't need it anymore
It's getting dark, too dark for me to see
I feel like I'm knocking on heaven's door

Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking 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 coming down

Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door

Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
Can't you here me knocking
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
Oh, Lord I'm knocking
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
I am knocking
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door