He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
You knocked on my door, but no one was there
Who’d have thought?
Whoa whoa ohhh
I know it's kinda late, but I shoulder all the blame
So don't give up
Whoa whoa ohh
I know you're out there
I know you're out there somewhere
One in a million
A million in one
I’ll take what I can get if I can get what I want
These rainy days, they're soaked inside my head without a clue
Whoa whoa oh ohh
If you knock again, just let me know
You'll let me know, just when
whoa whoa oh ohh
Maybe this means I give in
No one wants to wait forever
If you want I'll stand up
If you want, I'll sing to you
One in a million
A million in one
I'll take what I can get if I can get what I want
A diamond a postcard
A star worth waiting for
I'll see you when you come around
When you're knocking on my door
Whoa whoaa whoaaaa
Whoa whoaa whoa whoa
Whoa whoaa whoaa whoa
One in a million
A million in one
I'll take what I can get if I can get what I want
A diamond a postcard
A star worth waiting for
I'll see you when you come around
Just walk right in the door
I'll see you when you come around
Just walk right in the door
Whoa whoaa whoaaa
Yea, walk right in the door
Whooa whoaa whoaa
Yea, walk right in the door
Whoa whoaa whoaa
Yea, walk right in the door
Who’d have thought?
Whoa whoa ohhh
I know it's kinda late, but I shoulder all the blame
So don't give up
Whoa whoa ohh
I know you're out there
I know you're out there somewhere
One in a million
A million in one
I’ll take what I can get if I can get what I want
These rainy days, they're soaked inside my head without a clue
Whoa whoa oh ohh
If you knock again, just let me know
You'll let me know, just when
whoa whoa oh ohh
Maybe this means I give in
No one wants to wait forever
If you want I'll stand up
If you want, I'll sing to you
One in a million
A million in one
I'll take what I can get if I can get what I want
A diamond a postcard
A star worth waiting for
I'll see you when you come around
When you're knocking on my door
Whoa whoaa whoaaaa
Whoa whoaa whoa whoa
Whoa whoaa whoaa whoa
One in a million
A million in one
I'll take what I can get if I can get what I want
A diamond a postcard
A star worth waiting for
I'll see you when you come around
Just walk right in the door
I'll see you when you come around
Just walk right in the door
Whoa whoaa whoaaa
Yea, walk right in the door
Whooa whoaa whoaa
Yea, walk right in the door
Whoa whoaa whoaa
Yea, walk right in the door
Lyrics submitted by a scar in the sky
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