Somebody’s Knocking at Your Door

Somebody’s knocking at your door,
Somebody’s knocking at your door,
O sinner, why don’t you answer?
Somebody’s knocking at your door.

Knocks like Jesus,
Somebody’s knocking at your door.
Knocks like Jesus,

Refrain

Somebody’s knocking at your door.
O sinner, why don’t you answer?
Somebody’s knocking at your door.

Can’t you hear Him?
Somebody’s knocking at your door.
Can’t you hear Him?

Refrain

Answer Jesus,
Somebody’s knocking at your door.
Answer Jesus,

Refrain

Author: Unknown

This is an anonymous African-American spiritual from the 19th century. No individual author is documented; it emerged from the oral tradition of Black churches in the American South.