15 Doors

I saw somebody in the window

A light on in the hall

Could I step inside for one moment

And give my wife a telephone call?

So sorry to alarm you

I'm not gonna harm you

Don't call the night patrol

Just look at me shaking in the cold

I've been knocking on 15 doors

When you come in the morning

And say "how do you do"

Will you stand and stare in wonder

Cause I don't remember you?

I'll say, "Once I was a stranger

Once I was in need,

But you hid behind the door

And left me shaking on your front porch"

I've been knocking on 15 doors