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Dear John Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Why would I want to be
Your little fuck-buddy
When you can't last for just two minutes?
Why would I want to stay
Just to make you feel okay
When you just want me for my body?

[Chorus]
Dear John, you've got some nerve
You think that you deserve
Everything in the palm of your hand
Makes me feel like such a man

[Verse 2]
He likes me 'cause I'm pretty
Doesn't wanna call me baby
Only holds my hand when nobody's lookin'
Hear that? There's a knock at the door
He's standing there like my little whore
Your silence tells me all I need to know
You should go

[Chorus]
Dear John, you've got some nerve
You think that you deserve
Everything in the palm of your hand
It makes me feel like such a man
[Outro]
Dear John, you've got some nerve
You think that you deserve
Everything in the palm of your hand
It makes me feel like such a man
(AHHHH! WHY? WHY?)

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