Knockin` On Joe Lyrics

Knockin` On Joe lyrics

These chains of sorrow, they are heavy, it is true
And these locks cannot be
broken,
no, not with one thousand keys
O Jailer, you drag a ball-n-chain
you cannot see
You can lay your burden on me
You can lay your burden down
on me
You can lay your burden down upon me
But you cannot lay down your
memory


Woooo wooo wooo
Woooo wooo wooo
Here I go!
Knockin
on Joe!
This square foot of sky will be mine til I die
Knocking on
Joe
Woooo wooo wooo
All down the row
Knockin on Joe


O
Warden I surrender to you
Your fists can't hurt me anymore
You know,
these hands will never mop
your dirty Death Row floors
O Preacher, come
closer, you don't scare me anymore
Just tell Nancy not to come here
Just
tell her not to come here anymore
Tell Nancy not to come
And let me die
in the memory of those arms


O woo woo woo
Woo woo woo
All down
the row
Knockin on Joe
O you kings of halls and ends of halls
You will
die within these walls
And I'll go, down the row
Knockin on
Joe


O Nancy's body is a coffin,
she wears my tombstone at her
head
O Nancy's body is a coffin,
she wears my tombstone at her
head
She wears her body like a coffin
She wears a dress of gold and
red
She wears a dress of gold and red
She wears a dress of red and
gold
Grave-looters at my coffin
before my body's even
cold


It's a door for when I go
Knockin on Joe
These hands will
never mop
your dirty Death Row floors
No! You can hide! You can run!
O
but your trial is yet to come
O you can run! You can hide!
But you have
yet to be tried!
You can lay your burdens down here
You can lay your
burden down
Knockin on Joe
You can lay your burden upon me
You can lay
your burden upon me
Knockin on Joe
You can lay it down here
You can
bring your burden down
Knockin on Joe
You can't hurt me anymore
You
can't hurt me anymore
Knockin on Joe


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