A Dear John Letter

	Dear John, oh, how I hate to write!
	Dear John, I must let you know tonight
	That my love for you has died away
	Like grass upon the lawn,
	And tonight I wed another Dear John.
	Dear John, oh, how I hate to write!
	Dear John, I must let you know tonight
	That my love for you has died away
	Like grass upon the lawn,
	And tonight I wed another Dear John
	Dear John, oh, how I hate to write!
	Dear John,I must let you know tonight
	That my love for you has died away
	Like grass upon the lawn,
	And tonight I wed another Dear John
	I was overseas in battle
	When the postman came to me.
	He handed me a letter,
	And I was just as happy as I could be,
	'Cause the fighting was all over
	And the battles they'd all been won.
	But then I opened up the letter
	And it started with “Dear John”.
	Would you please send back my picture?
	My husband wants it now.
	When I tell you who I'm wedding,
	You won't care, Dear, anyhow,
	And it hurts me so to tell you
	That my love for you has gone,
	And tonight I wed your brother,
	Dear John.

	Dear John, oh, how I hate to write!
	Dear John, I must let you know tonight
	That my love for you has died away
	Like grass upon the lawn,
	And tonight I wed another Dear John.
	Dear John, oh, how I hate to write!
	Dear John, I must let you know tonight
	That my love for you has died away
	Like grass upon the lawn,
	And tonight I wed another Dear John
	Dear John, oh, how I hate to write!
	Dear John, I must let you know tonight
	That my love for you has died away
	Like grass upon the lawn,
	And tonight I wed another Dear John
	I was overseas in battle
	When the postman came to me.
	He handed me a letter,
	And I was just as happy as I could be,
	' Cause the fighting was all over
	And the battles they' d all been won.
	But then I opened up the letter
	And it started with " Dear John".
	Would you please send back my picture?
	My husband wants it now.
	When I tell you who I' m wedding,
	You won' t care, Dear, anyhow,
	And it hurts me so to tell you
	That my love for you has gone,
	And tonight I wed your brother,
	Dear John.