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Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door [Before the Flood]

Bob Dylan & The Band
Track 4 on Before the Flood 

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Bob Dylan & The Band
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Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door [Before the Flood] Lyrics

Mama, take this badge off of me
I can’t use it anymore
It’s getting dark, too dark to see
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, wipe the blood from my face
I'm sick and tired of the war
Got a lone black feelin' and it's hard to trace
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 train is pullin' on down
Feel 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

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Before the Flood (1974)
Bob Dylan & The Band
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Recorded At
New York
Release Date
June 20, 1974
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