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[Intro]
 
 

[Verse 1]
             
Long were the 

              
nights when my

              
 days once rev

             
olved around y


ou
             
Counting my fo

              
otsteps, prayi

              
n' the floor w

         
on't fall thro

ugh, again
             
My mother accu

           
sed me of losi

      
ng my mind
      
But I swore I 

was fine
             
You paint me a

              
 blue sky and 

              
go back and tu

         
rn it to rain
             
And I lived in

              
 your chess ga

              
me but you cha

              
nged the rules

       
 every day
             
Wonderin' whic

             
h version of y

#           
ou I might get

        
 on the phone,

 tonight.
             
Well, I stoppe

              
d pickin' up a

           
nd this song i

             
s to let you k

   
now why

[Chorus]
             
Dear John, I s

              
ee it all now 

            
that you're go

ne.
              
Don't you thin

            
k I was too yo


ung to be mess

ed with?
             
The girl in th

              
e dress cried 

    
the whole way 

home.
             
I shoulda know

   
n.

[Verse 2]
             
Well, maybe it

              
's me and my b

              
lind optimism 

   
to blame.
              
Or maybe it's 

             
you and your s

              
ick need to gi

              
ve love then t

        
ake it away.
             
And you'll add

              
 my name to yo

           
ur long list o

  
f traitors
    
Who don't unde

rstand.
              
And I'll look 

             
back and regre

           
t how I ignore

            
d when they sa

id
        
"Run as fast a

s you can."

[Chorus]
             
Dear John, I s

              
ee it all now 

            
that you're go

ne.
              
Don't you thin

            
k I was too yo


ung to be mess

ed with?
             
The girl in th

              
e dress cried 

    
the whole way 

home.

             
Dear John, I s

              
ee it all now 

       
it was wrong.
              
Don't you thin

              
k nineteen's t

           
oo young to be

              
 played by you

  
r dark twisted

 games
       
When I loved y

ou so?
             
I shoulda know

  
n.

[Bridge]
           
You are an exp

ert at sorry
    
And keeping li

nes blurry
    
And never impr

essed by me ac

ing your tests
        
All the girls 

that you run d

ry
     
Have tired lif

eless eyes
           
'Cause you bur

ned them out
    
But I took you

r matches
           
Before fire co

    
uld catch me
   
So don't look 

now
    
I'm shining li

ke fireworks
             
Over your sad 

                       
empty town

[Chorus]
             
Dear John, I s

              
ee it all now 

            
that you're go

ne.
              
Don't you thin

            
k I was too yo


ung to be mess

ed with?
             
The girl in th

              
e dress cried 

    
the whole way 

home.
             
    I see it a

              
ll now that yo

     
u're gone.
              
Don't you thin

            
k I was too yo


ung to be mess

ed with?
             
The girl in th

              
e dress wrote 


you a song.

[Outro]
            
You shoulda kn

own.
            
You shoulda kn


own.
             
     Don't you

              
 think I was t

   
oo young?
              
You shoulda kn

     
own.