Long were the nights when my
days once revolved around you
Counting my footsteps
praying the floor won't fall through again
My mother accused me of losing my mind
but I swore I was fine
You paint me a blue sky
and go back and turn it to rain
And I lived in your chess game
but you changed the rules every day
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
optimism to blame
Maybe it's you and your sick need
to give love then take it away
And you'll add my name to your long
list of traitors who don't understand
And I'll look back and 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 it was wrong
Don't you think 19 is too young
to be played by your dark twisted
games when I loved you so
I should've known
You are an expert at sorry
and keeping lines blurry
Never impressed by me acing your tests
All the girls that you run dry
with 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