[00:01.83]A dear John letter
[00:03.02]Skeeter Davis
[00:04.68]
[00:06.85]*Dear John
[00:10.04]Oh! how I hate to write
[00:14.44]Dear John
[00:17.91]I must let you know tonight
[00:23.90]That my love for you has gone
[00:27.78]There's no reason to go on
[00:32.36]And tonight I wed another
[00:35.94]Dear John*
[00:40.73](spoken)
[00:42.71]I was overseas in battle
[00:45.68]When the postman came to me
[00:49.43]He handed me a letter
[00:51.34]And I was as happy as I could be
[00:54.77]Cause the fighting was all over
[00:58.29]And the battles they'd all be won
[01:02.39]But then I opened up that letter
[01:07.46]And it stated Dear John(*)
[01:07.47]
[01:14.94]Won’t you please sent back my picture?
[01:17.58]My husband wants it now.
[01:21.60]When I tell you who I’m wedding,
[01:24.92]you won’t care, do you, anyhow?
[01:28.91]And it hurts me so to tell you
[01:31.70]that my love for you is gone,
[01:34.59]And tonight I wed your brother, Dear John.

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.