Dear John

Long were the nights
When my days once revolved around you
Counting my footsteps
Praying the floor won’t fall through… again
My mother acused me of losing my mind
But I swore I was fine

You paint me your blue sky
And go back and turn it to rain
When I lived in your chess game
But you changed the rules everyday
Wondering which version of you
I might get on the phone
Tonight, well, I stopped picking up
And this song is to let you know why

Dear John I see it all now that you’re gone
Don’t you think I was too young to be messed with
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
I should’ve known

Well, maybe it’s me and my blind optmism to blame
Or maybe it’s you and your sick need to give love and take it away
And you’ll add my name to your long list of traitors
Who don’t understand
And I’ll look back in regret, how I ignored when they said
“Run as fast as you can”

Dear John I see it all now that you’re gone
Don’t you think I was too young to be messed with
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
Dear John I see it all now, that was wrong
Don’t you think nineteen is too young to be played
By you dark twisted games
When I loved you so
I should’ve known

You’re an expert at sorry and keeping lines blurry
Never impressed by me acing your texts
All the girls that you’ve run dry
Have tired,lifeless eyes ’cause you burned them out
But I took your matches before fire could catch me
So don’t look now
I’m shining like fireworks over your sad empty town

Dear John I see it all now that you’re gone
Don’t you think I was too young to be messed with
The girl in the dress cried the whole way home
I see it all now that you’re gone
Don’t you think I was too young to be messed with
The girl in the dress wrote you a song
You should’ve known, you should’ve known

Don’t you think I was too young
You should’ve known