Released: August 23, 2003
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Producer: Noah Scot Snyder Warren Zevon Jorge Calderón
[Verse 1]
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore
It's getting dark, too dark to see
And I feel I'm knocking on Heaven's door
[Chorus]
Knock, knock, 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
[Verse 2]
Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore
That long black cloud is coming down
And I feel I'm knocking on Heaven's door
Hey
[Chorus]
Knock, knock, 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
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Ah, knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
(Hopin' I'm, hopin' I'm, hopin' I'm, hopin' I'm, hopin')
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door (Yeah)
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
(It's getting dark, too dark to see)
(Hopin' I'm, hopin' I'm, hopin' I'm, hopin' I'm, hopin')
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore
It's getting dark, too dark to see
And I feel I'm knocking on Heaven's door
[Chorus]
Knock, knock, 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
[Verse 2]
Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore
That long black cloud is coming down
And I feel I'm knocking on Heaven's door
Hey
[Chorus]
Knock, knock, 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
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Ah, knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
(Hopin' I'm, hopin' I'm, hopin' I'm, hopin' I'm, hopin')
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door (Yeah)
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
(It's getting dark, too dark to see)
(Hopin' I'm, hopin' I'm, hopin' I'm, hopin' I'm, hopin')
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door
more tracks from the album
From the album
- The Wind (2003)
Warren Zevon popular songs
- Excitable Boy
- Carmelita
- The Rest of the Night
- Bed of Coals
- Jeannie Needs a Shooter
- Empty-Handed Heart
- Wild Age
- The Factory
- Back in the High Life Again
- Bill Lee
- Disorder in the House
- The French Inhaler
- Prison Grove
- Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
- Jeannie Needs a Shooter (Live, 1980)
- Excitable Boy (Remastered)
- Jeannie Needs a Shooter (Live, LIB)
- Cadillac Ranch (Live)