Knockin' On Joe Lyrics - Cave Nick

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 wear 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 those memories. 

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 you 

Your fists cain't hurt me anymore 

You know, these hands will never wash 

These 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 her 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, all 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 bodies 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 burden down here 

You can lay your burden down here 

Knockin on Joe 

You can lay your burden upon me 

You can lay your burden down upon me 

Knockin on Joe 

You cain't hurt me anymore 

Knockin on Joe. 

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