Knockin on Heavens Door foi escrita por Bob Dylan para a trilha sonora do filme Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid de 1973. A música expressa a desolação de um xerife moribundo que se sente incapaz de continuar seu papel de aplicador da lei pela aproximação de sua morte.
Mama take this badge off of me I can't use it anymore It's getting dark, too dark to see I feel I'm knockin on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Mama put my guns in the ground I can't shoot them anymore That long black cloud is comin' down I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door