Songwriter: John Mellencamp
Producer: John Mellencamp Malcolm Burn David Leonard Mike Wanchic
[Verse 1]
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?
[Verse 2]
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?
[Chorus]
So what if I came knocking?
(Ah, what if I came knocking?)
So what if I came knocking?
(Ah, what if I came knocking?)
[Verse 3]
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?
[Chorus]
What if I came knocking?
(Ah, what if I came knocking?)
What if I came knocking?
(Ah, what if I came knocking?)
What if I came knocking
On your front door some night?
Ah
[Verse 4]
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
[Verse 5]
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
[Chorus]
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
(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?
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?
[Verse 2]
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?
[Chorus]
So what if I came knocking?
(Ah, what if I came knocking?)
So what if I came knocking?
(Ah, what if I came knocking?)
[Verse 3]
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?
[Chorus]
What if I came knocking?
(Ah, what if I came knocking?)
What if I came knocking?
(Ah, what if I came knocking?)
What if I came knocking
On your front door some night?
Ah
[Verse 4]
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
[Verse 5]
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
[Chorus]
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
(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?
Words & Music: John Mellencamp’s Greatest Hits
- Pink Houses
- Walk Tall
- Dance Naked
- Love and Happiness
- Again Tonight
- Paper in Fire
- Just Another Day
- I Need a Lover
- Martha Say
- Wild Night
- Check It Out
- Your Life Is Now
- Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)
- Ain’t Even Done with the Night
- Peaceful World
- What If I Came Knocking
- Rain on the Scarecrow
- Rumbleseat
- Lonely Ol’ Night
- When Jesus Left Birmingham
- Jack & Diane
- Hurts So Good
- Cherry Bomb
- Small Town
- Pop Singer
- Jackie Brown
- Teardrops Will Fall
- Thank You
- Crumblin’ Down
- Human Wheels
- Authority Song
- Now More Than Ever
- This Time
- Hand to Hold On To
- Get a Leg Up
- I’m Not Running Anymore
- R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to 60's Rock)
- Human Wheels (1993)
- Words & Music: John Mellencamp’s Greatest Hits (2004)
- On the Rural Route 7609 (2010)
- Jack & Diane
- Pink Houses
- Hurts So Good
- Small Town
- Check It Out
- Authority Song
- Rain on the Scarecrow
- I Need a Lover
- Cherry Bomb
- For the Children
- Farewell Angelina
- R. Gang
- To M.G. (Wherever She May Be)
- Worn Out Nervous Condition
- Yours Forever
- No One Cares About Me
- Forgiveness
- L.U.V.
- This May Not Be the End of the World
- County Fair
- Goodnight
- Young Without Lovers
- Another Sunny Day 12/25
- Serious Business