Released: April 25, 1995
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Producer: Jeff Rosen
[Verse 1]
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can’t use it anymore
It’s gettin’ dark, too dark to see
And I feel like I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door
[Chorus]
Knocking on, 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
Just like so many time's before
[Verse 2]
Mama, wipe the blood out of my face
I just can't see through it any more
That long red feeling and it's hard to trace
And I feel like I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door
[Chorus]
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
Just like so many time's before
[Harmonica Solo]
[Verse 3]
Mama, lay my guns into the ground
I just can’t fire them anymore
That long black train is a-comin’ down
I feel like I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door
[Chorus]
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
Just like so many time's before
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can’t use it anymore
It’s gettin’ dark, too dark to see
And I feel like I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door
[Chorus]
Knocking on, 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
Just like so many time's before
[Verse 2]
Mama, wipe the blood out of my face
I just can't see through it any more
That long red feeling and it's hard to trace
And I feel like I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door
[Chorus]
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
Just like so many time's before
[Harmonica Solo]
[Verse 3]
Mama, lay my guns into the ground
I just can’t fire them anymore
That long black train is a-comin’ down
I feel like I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door
[Chorus]
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
Just like so many time's before
more tracks from the album
MTV Unplugged
- Tombstone Blues [MTV Unplugged]
- With God on Our Side [MTV Unplugged]
- Like a Rolling Stone [MTV Unplugged]
- Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door [MTV Unplugged]
- Dignity [MTV Unplugged]
- Desolation Row [MTV Unplugged]
- Rainy Day Women # 12 and 35 [MTV Unplugged]
- John Brown [MTV Unplugged]
- The Times They Are A-Changin’ [MTV Unplugged]
- All Along the Watchtower [MTV Unplugged]
- Shooting Star [MTV Unplugged]
- Love Minus Zero/No Limit [MTV Unplugged]
From the album
- MTV Unplugged (1995)
Bob Dylan popular songs
- Murder Most Foul
- Blowin’ in the Wind
- The Times They Are A-Changin’
- All Along the Watchtower
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Make You Feel My Love
- Hurricane
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
- Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Desolation Row
- Tangled Up in Blue
- Masters of War
- Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
- It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
- Girl from the North Country
- Tempest
- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
- Ballad of a Thin Man
- Visions of Johanna
- I Contain Multitudes
- To Fall in Love with You
- Shelter from the Storm