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Artist: Taylor Swift
Track: Dear John

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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 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
Or 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's 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
Oh, oh

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
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Genius Meanings
Taylor Swift – Dear John
“Dear John” is a reflection on Taylor’s short-lived relationship with fellow singer-songwriter John Mayer. Taylor conveys her feelings of frustration over the way she was treated
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[Verse 1] / Long were the nights / When my days once revolved around you / Counting my footsteps / Prayin' the floor won't fall through again / And my mother accused me of losin
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[Intro] / Because I'm proud of it as a song, I'm going to play "Dear John" / [Verse 1] / Long were the nights / When my days once revolved around you / Counting my footsteps
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Live version of Taylor’s song, Dear John, on the Speak Now World Tour.
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Taylor Swift - Dear John (Taylor’s Version) (Traducción al Español)
[Letra de "Taylor Swift - Dear John (Taylor's Version) (Traducción al Español)"] / [Verso 1] / Largas fueron las noches en las que / Mi mundo giraba alrededor de ti / Contando mis
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[Tradução de "Dear John", por Taylor Swift] / [Verso 1] / Longas eram as noites quando / Você era o centro dos meus dias / Contando os meus passos / Rezando para que o chão não
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famefucker
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[Verse 1] / Lang waren die Nächte als meine Tage sich noch um dich drehten / Zähle meine Fußschritte / Bete, dass der Boden nicht wieder durchfällt / Meine Mutter beschuldigte mich
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[Prva strofa] / Duge su bile noći dok su mi se / Nekad dani vrteli oko tebe / Brojala sam korake / Molila se da ne propadnem kroz pod, opet / Majka me je optužila da gubim razum
Genius Traductions françaises – Taylor Swift - Dear John (Traduction française)
[Couplet 1] / Longues étaient les nuits quand mes jours tournaient autour de toi / Je comptais mes bruits de pas / En priant que le sol ne cède pas... à nouveau / Et ma mère m'a
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[Letra de "Taylor Swift - Dear John (Traducción al Español)"] / [Verso 1] / Largas fueron las noches en las que / Mis días giraba alrededor de ti / Contando mis pasos / Rezando
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SongMeanings Interpretations
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