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Knockin' On Joe
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seed
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These chains of sorrow
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They are heavy, it is true
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And these locks cannot be broken
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No, not with one thousand keys
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O Jailer, you're dragging
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Ball and chain, you cannot see
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You can lay your burden on me
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You can lay down your burden on me
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You can bring burden down upon me
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But you can't lay down your memories, no
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Here I go, knockin' on Joe
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This square foot of sky will be mine til I die
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Knockin' on Joe, all down the row
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Knockin' on Joe
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O Warden, I surrender to you
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Your fists can't hurt me anymore
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You know, these hands will never mop
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Your dirty 'Death Row' floors
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Preacher, come closer
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You don't scare me anymore
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Just tell Nancy not to come here
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O, tell her not to come
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And let me die in the memory of her arms
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All down the row, knockin' on Joe
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O you Kings of halls, ends of halls
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You will die within these walls
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And I'll go, all down the row, knockin' on Joe
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O Nancy's body is a coffin
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She wears my tombstone at her head
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Her body is a coffin
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She wears my tombstone at her head
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She wears her body like a coffin
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She wears a dress of gold and red
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She wears a dress of gold and red
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She wears a dress of red and gold
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Grave robbers at my coffin
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Before my body's even cold
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It's a door for when I go
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Knockin' on Joe
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O, these hands will never mop
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Your dirty row floors
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No and you can hide, you can run
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You can run, you can hide
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You'll stay, you'll come
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O but your trial is yet to come
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O you can run, you can hide
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But you have yet to be tried
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You can lay your burdens down here
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You can lay your burden down
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Knockin' on Joe
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You can lay your burden upon me
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You can lay your burden on me
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Knockin' on Joe
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You can lay it down here
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You can bring burden down
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Knockin' on Joe
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You can't hurt me anymore, no
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You can't hurt me anymore, no
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Knockin' on Joe
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You can bring burden down
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You can bring burden down
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Henry Lee ft...
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