A dear John letter
Skeeter Davis

*Dear John
Oh! how I hate to write
Dear John
I must let you know tonight
That my love for you has gone
There's no reason to go on
And tonight I wed another
Dear John*
(spoken)
I was overseas in battle
When the postman came to me
He handed me a letter
And I was as happy as I could be
Cause the fighting was all over
And the battles they'd all be won
But then I opened up that letter
And it stated Dear John(*)

Won’t you please sent back my picture?
My husband wants it now.
When I tell you who I’m wedding,
you won’t care, do you, anyhow?
And it hurts me so to tell you
that my love for you is gone,
And tonight I wed your brother, Dear John.