Your Daughter, John

Now lay me down on the warehouse ground

Later on, I don't go there now

On and on, I know what to say

She's never been taught but she knows the way

I was kidding love, I was kidding

But you just weren't smart enough to know it

I was lying love, they were lying

When they said "if you love someone, let them go."

Dear John, I know we got along

I was right, sir, you were wrong

She will marry some self-made man

I still write songs

But I miss your daughter, John

Now there she lay

With her nose in place

Broken wrist, just the picture of grace

And on and on, what her father says

Well he's never been shown but he knows what it is

I was kidding love, I was kidding

But you just weren't smart enough to know it

I was lying love, they were lying when they said

"If you love someone let 'em know."

Now, what if I stayed and did that thing for you?

What if I stayed and did that thing that's always true

What's a man to do?

Dear John, I know we got along

I was right, sir, you were wrong

She will marry some self-made man

I still write songs

But I miss your daughter, John

Dear John, I know we got along

I was right, sir, you were wrong

She will marry some self-made man

I still write songs

But I miss your daughter, John

I miss your daughter, John