Knockin' on Joe
Nick Cave
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These chains of sorrow, they are heavy, it is true And these locks cannot be broken No, not with one thousand keys Oh, Jailer, you drag a ball and chain you cannot see You can lay your burden on me You can lay down your burden on me You can bring your burden down upon me But you can't lay down your memory, no Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Here I go Knockin' on Joe This square foot of sky will be mine 'til I die Knockin' on Joe Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa All down the row Knockin' on Joe Oh, Warden, I surrender to you Your fists can't hurt me anymore You know, these hands will never mop Your dirty Death Row floors Preacher, come closer, you don't scare me anymore Just tell Nancy not to come here Oh, tell her not to come Let me die in the memory of her arms Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa All down the row Knockin' on Joe Oh, you kings of halls and ends of halls You will die within these walls And I'll go, down the row Knockin' on Joe Oh, Nancy's body is a coffin She wears my tombstone at her head Her 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-robbers at my coffin Before my body's even cold It's a door for when I go Knockin' on Joe Oh, these hands will never mop Your dirty Death Row floors No And you can hide You can run You can run, you can hide You can stay, you can come Oh, but your trial is yet to come Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa 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, no You can't hurt me anymore Knockin' on Joe You can bring your burden down You can bring your burden down
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