YouLyric
Sign in
Sign up for free
Knockin' On Joe
Share
Nick Cave
What's this song about?
Generate meaning
1
These chains of sorrow, they are heavy, it is true
2
And these locks cannot be broken,
3
no, not with one thousand keys
4
O Jailer, you wear a ball--chain you cannot see
5
You can lay your burden on me
6
You can lay your burden down on me
7
You can lay your burden down upon me
8
But you cannot lay down those memories.
9
Woooo wooo wooo
10
Woooo wooo wooo
11
Here I go!
12
Knockin on Joe!
13
This square foot of sky will be mine til I die
14
Knocking on Joe
15
Woooo wooo wooo
16
All down the row.
17
Knockin on Joe.
18
O Warden I surrender you
19
Your fists cain't hurt me anymore
20
You know, these hands will never wash
21
These dirty Death Row floors
22
O Preacher, come closer, you don't scare me anymore
23
Just tell Nancy not to come here
24
Just tell her not to come here anymore
25
Tell Nancy not to come
26
And let me die in the memory of her arms.
27
O woo woo woo
28
Woo woo woo
29
All down the row.
30
Knockin on Joe.
31
O you kings of halls and ends of halls
32
You will die within these walls
33
And I'll go, all down the row
34
Knockin on Joe.
35
O Nancy's body is a coffin,
36
she wears my tombstone at her head
37
O Nancy's body is a coffin,
38
she wears my tombstone at her head
39
She wears her body like a coffin
40
She wears a dress of gold and red
41
She wears a dress of gold and red
42
She wears a dress of red and gold
43
Grave-looters at my coffin
44
before my bodies even cold.
45
It's a door for when I go
46
Knockin on Joe
47
These hands will never mop
48
your dirty Death Row floors
49
No! You can hide! You can run!
50
O but your trial is yet to come
51
O you can run! You can hide!
52
But you have yet to be tried!
53
You can lay your burden down here
54
You can lay your burden down here
55
Knockin on Joe
56
You can lay your burden upon me
57
You can lay your burden down upon me
58
Knockin on Joe
59
You cain't hurt me anymore
60
Knockin on Joe.
61
(ad lib)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Henry Lee ft...
145 views
1 meanings
Go Pro
Unlimited meanings ยท Priority generation
Upgrade
