I Hear You Knocking by Viking Cowboy

“I Hear You Knocking“ (or “I Hear You Knockin’“) is a rhythm and blues song written by Dave Bartholomew. New Orleans rhythm and blues singer Smiley Lewis first recorded the song in 1955. The lyrics tell of the return of a former lover who is rebuffed. “I Hear You Knocking“ reached number two on the Billboard R&B singles chart in 1955, making it Lewis’s most popular and best-known song. Subsequently, numerous artists have recorded it, including Welsh singer and guitarist Dave Edmunds, whose version reached number one in the UK Singles Chart for six weeks in 1970 and was in the top 10 in several other countries --------------------LYRICS-------------- You went away and left me long time ago Now you come back knockin’ on my door I hear you knocking, but you can’t come in I hear you knocking, go back where you’ve been I begged you not to go, but you said goodbye Now you come back tellin’ all your lies I hear you kn