Mama, take this badge from me I can't use it anymore It's getting dark, too dark to see Feels 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 cold black cloud is comin' down Feels 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 "You just better start sniffin' your own rank subjugation Jack 'Cause it's just you against your tattered libido, the bank and the mortician forever, man. And it wouldn't be luck if you could get out of life alive." Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door