I've got the pen and paper here beside me Cos I'm gonna write a note to you And I'll put down things I feel inside me And I'll send them to you Oh well, I don't know what it is Absence has taught you But it's been a year or so Since I last saw you Dear John, I didn't want to wait I'm calling it a day Dear John John, you've been away so long I just can't carry on Dear John, oh dear John It's a funny kind of game you're playing But I guess you've read the rules before Of a funny kind of way of saying That I love you no more I've sat here all alone Throwing my life away So I write this note to you to explain Dear John, I didn't want to wait I'm calling it a day Dear John John, you've been away so long I just can't carry on Dear John, oh dear John Well I guess at once we were life's embers But the fire has died out on us Dear John Dear John, I didn't want to wait I'm calling it a day Dear John John, you've been away so long I just can't carry on Dear John Dear John, I didn't want to wait I'm calling it a day Dear John John, you've been away so long I just can't carry on Dear John Dear John, I didn't want to wait