Mama take this badge off me,
I can't use it any more,
It's getting dark, too dark to see,
Feel I'm knocking 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 any more,
That long black cloud [bad word] down,
I feel like I'm knocking 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, yeah yeah.
Knock, knock knockin' on heaven's door.