Mama, take this badge off of me I can't use it anymore.
It's getting too dark, too dark to see
I feels like I'm knocking on heaven's door.
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Zion's door
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Zion's door
Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore.
That long black cloud is coming down
I feel like I'm knocking on Zion's door.
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Zion's door
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Zion's door
Mama wipe the blood from my face
I'm sick and tired of the war
Got the lonely hot feeling and it's hard to trace
I feel like I'm knocking Zion's door
Knock knock knocking on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Zion's door
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Zion's door
Mama I can hear a thunder roar
echoing down from God's distant shore
I can hear Him calling out for my soul
I feel like knocking on Zion's door....
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Zion's door
Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knocking on Zion's door