Soul Rock · 3:29

Three Little Knocks

Name: Three Little Knocks
Duration: PT209.76S
Channel: Songilingy
Description: Twelve years, three house moves, and the same three knocks at the door. A wife turns the little sound that means Tom is home into an anniversary song. An original Songilingy example with fictional people and a fictional story.

Twelve years, three house moves, and the same three knocks at the door. A wife turns the little sound that means Tom is home into an anniversary song.

Three Little Knocks

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An original Songilingy example. The people and story are fictional.

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The brief

For my husband Tom on our twelfth anniversary. He has knocked three times since our first flat. Our little girl does it now too. We are tired, the dinner booking has fallen through, and I still love hearing him come home.

The three knocks give the chorus something you can hear and remember. The second verse lets their daughter join in, so the same gesture tells a different part of the story each time it returns.

What would you put in yours?

Think of a sound you would recognise without seeing him: his key in the door, a particular laugh, the way he calls from another room. Add when you first noticed it and what it means to you now.

You do not need twelve years of events. One habit, where it started and how it has changed can carry the whole song.

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The first listen

A photo of your first home would fit this kind of anniversary gift. Add it to your song’s reveal page with a short message, then let him listen when you have a quiet moment together.

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Lyrics

We had two rooms above a shop A front door painted green Your work boots on the landing And my coat across your knee The bell had never worked at all You said you'd have a look But you came home that Friday With three knocks against the wood

Three moves later, different street I hear that little beat

Three little knocks And I know it's you I leave what I'm doing Like I used to do Twelve years and a thousand Plans to get through Three little knocks And I still go to you

You come in with the shopping Ask me how the meeting went You remember who I'm cross with Though you've never met my friends Our daughter runs ahead of you Your big shoes on her feet She knocks three times upon the wall And you pretend to be asleep

You pull her up, she steals your chair I love the two of you right there

Three little knocks And I know it's you I leave what I'm doing Like I used to do Twelve years and a thousand Plans to get through Three little knocks And I still go to you

Tom, we haven't made the booking And the sitter's caught the flu So put the dinner in the oven I'll put something on for you You turn to ask me what I'm smiling at Come here, I'll tell you why Of all the things I hoped we'd have I didn't know we'd have this life

Three little knocks And I know it's you I leave what I'm doing Like I used to do Twelve years and a thousand Plans to get through Three little knocks And I still go to you

Tom, I still go to you Three little knocks And I'm coming through