I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edmonds (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

I Hear You Knocking (Dave Edmonds, 1970/1971). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-03-31. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"

"I Hear You Knocking," a song written by Dave Bartholomew and originally recorded by Smiley Lewis in 1955, was Dave Edmonds' highest and only top 20 hit in the US and his first entry onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970/1971 hitting #4 on the chart (Whitburn, 2013). Gale Storm (who was an actress in the "My Little Margie" TV show [1952-1955]) hit #4 on the chart in 1955 with her version, and Fats Domino had a minor hit with the song in 1961 stalling at #67 on the chart (songfacts.com, 2022; Whitburn, 2013).

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Lyrics:

You went away and left me long time ago
Now you're knocking on my door
I hear you knocking, but you can't come in
I hear you knocking, go back where you been

I begged you not to go but you said goodbye
And now you're telling me all your lies
I hear you knocking, but you can't come in
I hear you knocking, go back where you been, oh yeah

You better get back to your used-to-be
'Cause you're kinda love ain't good for me
I hear you knocking, but you can't come in
I hear you knocking, go back where you been

I told you way back in Fifty-two
That I would never go with you
I hear you knocking but you can't come in
I hear you knocking, go back where you been