Dear John

斯威夫特表示：“對於大多數人來說，當一段感情結束后，他們都會寫 給對方一封郵件，在裡面寫下他們本希望說出的話，不過很多時候那些人最終並不會發出那封郵件。寫這首歌非常艱難，如果不是發行專輯，我想我是不會寫下這樣的歌詞。”

泰勒·斯威夫特（Taylor Swift），美國鄉村音樂著名創作女歌手。1989 年出生於美國賓州。2006年與獨立唱片公司Big Machine簽約併發行首張個人專輯《Taylor Swift》。第二張專輯《Fearless》在2008年11月11日發行，在Billboard排行榜上到達了第一的位置，首支單曲《Love Story》在2008年9月正式發行，成為了第二暢銷的鄉村單曲，在公告牌最熱100中最高排到第四。該專輯也賣出了鄉村音樂最高的銷售量約60萬張，包括其他種類的音樂，也是美國女歌手公開銷售最多的專輯。Taylor曾獲得美國鄉村音樂協會獎年度最佳專輯獎、格萊美年度專輯獎等榮譽。

Dear John——Taylor Swift

Long were the nights

那些夜晚好漫長

When my days once revolved around you

而那些白天都繞著你飛轉

Counting my footsteps'

細數著我的腳步

Praying the floor won't fall through' again

祈禱著地板不會再次塌陷

My mother accused me of losing my mind'

我媽媽總指責我鬼迷心竅

but I swore I was fine

可我發誓我還好

You paint me a blue sky

你畫給我一片藍天

And go back and turn it to rain

回頭又綴滿了雨點

And I lived in your chess game'

我活在你的棋局裡

but you changed the rules every day

可遊戲規則你一天一改

Wondering which version of you I might get on the phone

不知今晚哪一個你

Tonight

會出現在電話那端

Well I stopped picking up'

我不再繼續選歌

And this song is to let you know why

就用這一首讓你知道原委

Dear John'

親愛的約翰

I see it all now that you're gone

你走以後還是不碰為好

The girl in the dress'

穿裙子的姑娘

Cried the whole way home.

眼淚灑滿歸途

I should've known

我早該知道

Well maybe it's me and my blind optimism to blame

也許該怪我，怪我那盲目的樂觀

Maybe it's you and your sick

也許該怪你，怪你的惡癖

Need to give love then take it away

先給予愛再將它奪回

And you'll add my name to your long list

我也會被你加進，那長長的背叛者名單

Of traitors who don't understand

她們都還不知情

And I'll look back and regret how I ignored

而我則不堪回首

When they said "run as fast as you can"

悔不聽人們的規勸： “能跑多快，就跑多快”

Dear John'

親愛的約翰

I see it all now that you're gone

你走以後，

眼淚灑滿歸途

Dear John'

親愛的約翰

I see it all' now it was wrong

這是個錯，我才看透

Don't you think 19 is too young to be played

你是覺得十九太小，還玩不了你那

By your dark twisted games' when I loved you so?

扭曲的黑色遊戲，儘管我深愛著你

I should've known

我早該知道

You are an expert at sorry

道起歉來你輕車熟路

and keeping lines blurry

話都說得模稜兩可

Never impressed by me acing your tests

你的考試我門門滿分，你仍不心動

All the girls that you run dry

被你榨乾淚水的女孩

with tired' lifeless eyes

目光都疲憊發獃

cause you burned them out

是你把她們燒焦

But I took your matches before fire could catch me

我搶下你的火柴趕在火上身之前

So don't look now:

所以你別看

I'm shining like fireworks over your sad' empty town

現在的我亮如煙花，越過你空空的殤城

Dear John'

親愛的約翰

I see it all now that you're gone

你走以後，我才看透

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

你是覺得我還太小，還是不碰為好

The girl in the dress'

穿裙子的姑娘

Cried the whole way home.

眼淚灑滿歸途

I see it all now that you're gone

你走以後，我才看透

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

你是覺得我還太小，還是不碰為好

The girl in the dress wrote you a song

穿裙子的姑娘，為你寫了首歌

You should've known

你早該知道

You should've known

你早該知道

Don't you think I was too young?

你是覺得我還太小？

You should've known

你早該知道