What If I Came Knocking - John Mellencamp

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What If I Came Knocking Lyrics

What if I came knocking
On your front door some night?
Would you open the window
And drop me down the key?
What if I came knocking
On your bedpost that same night?
Would you open up your heart
Or try to get the best of me?

What if I came knocking
On your brain the next day
And ask for your truth and your love and your honesty?
Would you build up your big walls
And try to hide behind that smile
Or would you try to pull the wool right over me?

So what if I came knocking? (What if I came knocking?)
So what if I came knocking? (What if I came knocking?)
So what if I came kicking
And it scared you a little bit,
And I came on strong
Would you think
That there's something wrong with me?
Or could it be your fears
Of trying something real
Or just afraid to touch a...
A guy like me?

What if I came knocking? (What if I came knocking?)
What if I came knocking? (What if I came knocking?)
What if I came knocking
On your front door some night? Ah-hah.

So let's just say it worked out
Like a storybook dream
And we lived happily ever after.
Fa la la la.
But what if I came crying
After just a few weeks
And said I misread my heart,
This is not really meant to be? Yeah.

So if you hear some knocking
On your window tonight
You can bet that it's, uh, probably me.
But let it be known
That we're just a pair of tumbling dice
And the outcome of these crap shoots
Is hard to see.

So what if I came knocking? (What if I came knocking?)
So what if I came knocking? (What if I came knocking?)
So what if I came knocking
On your front door tonight? Ah-hah. (What if I came knocking?)
So what if I came knocking?
Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knocking (What if I came knocking?)
Kick, kick, kick (What if I came knocking?)
What if I came knocking
On your front porch tonight, tonight?

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John Mellencamp (born 7 October 1951 in Seymour, Indiana) is an American singer-songwriter, known for a long and successful recording and performing career highlighted by a series of 1980s hits, including "Jack & Diane", and by his role in the Farm Aid charity event. Mellencamp currently lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

John's first record released was under the stage name "Johnny Cougar" at the behest of Tony DeFries, his first manager. Mellencamp claims it was against his knowledge and will, and he hated the name. A few years later in 1982, he made his break through with the album "American Fool" which includes the hit singles "Hurts So Good" and "Jack and Diane" under the stage name "John Cougar". With 1983's "Uh-Huh" album, he added back his real last name to become known as "John Cougar Mellencamp." By 1987's "The Lonesome Jubilee" he dropped the "Cougar" moniker altogether, and has been known henceforth as "John Mellencamp."

Mellencamp has always been socially and politically active and supported the "Vote for Change" Tour in 2004 opposing the policies of President George W. Bush. Mellencamp is a devout evangelical Christian and strongly believes in non-violence; he has spoken about his beliefs frequently in interviews. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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