You keep on knocking but you can't come in
You keep on knocking but you can't come in
You've got to be clean, within
Say, you keep on knocking but you can't come in
You keep on knocking but you can't come in
The door is locked on you (don't you know that it's true?)

When the Bridegroom cometh (cometh)
You've got to be ready (stop all of your sins right now!)
When the Bridegroom cometh (cometh)
You've got to be clean (don't you know it's true?)

There were ten Brethrens together (brethrens, brethrens)
Five were wise, and five were foolish, foolish, foolish
Five were wise, and five were foolish, foolish
Five were foolish, foolish

So you keep on knocking but you can't come in
You keep on knocking but you can't come in
You've got to be clean
(Right now, right now, right now, right now, ooh yeah)
You keep on knocking but you can't come in
You keep on knocking but you can't come in
The door is locked on you
(Na knock the door and gone, na knock the door and gone)

You keep on knocking but you can't come in
You keep on knocking but you can't come in
The door is locked on you (don't knock the door, the door again)

Rolling stone - don't gather no moss
(Gather no moss, and them gather no moss)
Rolling stone - ooh them gather no moss, gather no moss

Too late, too late
Shall be your prize, shall be your prize

(..)

You keep on knocking but you can't come in
You keep on knocking but you can't come in
You've got to be clean
To rally 'round Jah red, gold and green, yeah!
You keep on knocking but you can't come in
You keep on knocking but you can't come in
The door is locked on you
(Na knock the door and gone, na knock the door and gone)

Mercy gone
Jah Jah Judgement come, tellin' the world
Jah Jah Judgement come!
Too late, too late
Shall be your prize, shall be your prize, shall be your prize
Mercy gone
Jah Jah Judgement come, tellin' the world
Jah Jah Judgement come!

Say you keep on knocking but you can't come in
Keep on knocking but you can't come in
You've got to be clean, within
Tell the whole wide world about it
So you keep on knocking but you can't come in
Keep on knocking but you can't come in
The door is locked on you (knocking it over and over again)

I said you keep on knocking but you can't come in
Keep on knocking but you can't come in
You've got to be clean
(Na knock the door and gone, na knock the door and gone)
Outside, go outside, stay outside!
You keep on knocking but you can't come in (stop right there)
Keep on knocking but you can't come in (stop right there)
The door is locked on you and you, and you, yeah

You keep on knocking but you can't come in
Keep on knocking but you can't come in
You got to be clean to rally 'round Jah red, gold and green, yeah!
(You better ready) You keep on knocking but you can't come in
(You better ready) Keep on knocking but you can't come in