Mama, take this badge of me… 
I can't use it anymore… 
It's getting dark, too dark to see… 
It feels 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… 

Mama put my guns in the ground… 
I can't shoot them anymore… 
That long black cloud [bad word] down… 
It feels 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… 

Baby stay right here with me… 
'Cause I can't see you anymore… 
This ain't the way it's supposed to be… 
It feels 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… 

Son won't you remember me?.. 
I can't be with you anymore… 
lawman's life is never free… 
It feels 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…