Dear John

## Cronología en *Speak Now*

"**Dear John**" es la quinta canción del tercer álbum de Taylor Swift, *Speak Now*. Swift escribió esta canción por su cuenta, como todas las canciones del álbum, excepto "If This Were A Movie", que ella coescribió con Martin Johnson, y supuestamente se trata de su compañero cantante, John Mayer. A pesar de que la canción nunca fue lanzada como sencillo, sí terminó en las listas de *Billboard* Hot 100 y Canadian Hot 100.

## Antecedentes

Swift supuestamente escribió "Dear John" sobre el cantante de rock John Mayer, con quien salió en diciembre de 2009 a febrero de 2010. En una entrevista con la revista *Rolling Stone*, Mayer dijo: "Nunca recibí un correo electrónico. Nunca recibí una llamada telefónica. Realmente me sorprendió con la guardia baja, y realmente me humilló en un momento en el que ya estaba vestida. Quiero decir, ¿cómo te sentirías si, en lo más bajo que hayas estado, alguien te haya pateado aún más?" Mayer también insultó a Swift como compositora, diciendo que era "composición de canciones baratas". Cuando se le preguntó a Swift sobre los rumores, ella los abatió, pero no exactamente diciendo que la canción no era sobre Mayer. "¡Qué presuntuoso! Nunca revelo sobre quiénes son mis canciones", dijo Swift en la edición de noviembre de 2012 de *Glamour*.

## Recepción crítica

El *New York Times* dijo que era "por lejos la pista más espectacular de *Speak Now*".

## Presentaciones en vivo

Swift tocó la canción a lo largo del Speak Now World Tour.

## Letra

**[Verse 1]**

Long were the nights when

My days once revolved around you

Counting my footsteps

Praying the floor won't fall through... again

My mother accused me of losing my mind

But I swore I was fine

You paint me a blue sky

Then go back and turn it to rain

And I lived in your chess game

But you changed the rules everyday

Wonderin' which version of you I might get on the phone, tonight

Well I stopped pickin' up and this song is to let you know why

**[Chorus]**

Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone

Don't you think I was too young to be messed with

The girl in the dress cried the whole way home

I shoulda' known

**[Verse 2]**

Well maybe it's me

And my blind optimism to blame

Or maybe it's you and your sick need

To give love and take it away

And you'll add my name to your long list of traitors

Who don't understand

And I look back in regret how I ignored when they said

"Run as fast as you can"

**[Chorus]**

Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone

Don't you think I was too young to be messed with

The girl in the dress cried the whole way home

Dear John, I see it all now it was wrong

Don't you think nineteen's too young

To be played by your dark, twisted games

When I loved you so?

I shoulda' known

**[Bridge]**

You are an expert at sorry

And keeping the lines blurry

Never impressed by me acing your tests

All the girls that you've run dry have tired lifeless eyes

'Cause you burned them out

But I took your matches

Before fire could catch me

So don't look now

I'm shining like fireworks

Over your sad empty town, yeah

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

**[Chorus]**

Dear John, I see it all now that you're gone

Don't you think I was too young to be messed with

The girl in the dress cried the whole way home

**[Outro]**

I see it all now that you're gone

Don't you think I was too young to be messed with

The girl in the dress

Wrote you a song, you shoulda' known

You shoulda' known

Don't you think I was too young

You shoulda' known