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 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 nineteen 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 the lines blurry
 Never impressed by me acing your tests
 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