Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore.
[Another version:] 'Cause I can't use it anymore.
It's gettin' dark, too dark to see
I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door.
[Another version:] 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 I'm knockin' on heaven's door.

[Another version:]
Mama, put that gun to the ground
'Cause I can't shoot them anymore.
There's a long black cloud comin' on 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