Knockin` On Joe lyrics

Artist  : Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds 
Song : Knockin` On Joe
 


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


(ad
lib)