Julia Sheer --Dear John

 Dear John

Long were the nights when my days once revolved around you
Counting my footsteps
Praying the floor won’t fall through again
And 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 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 shoulda known

Well maybe it’s me and my blind optimism 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’s too young to be played by your dark twisted games
When I loved you so
I shoulda known

You are an expert at sorry and keeping lines blurry
Never impressed by me acing your test
All the girls that you’ve run dry
Have tired lifeless eyes cuz 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 shoulda known
You shoulda known

Don’t you think I was too young
You shoulda known