Your Dear John

Let me down easy
I've been on this run too long
If I don't read your letter
You can't make me your dear John

Follow the guide lines
Tonight the boys and me make tow
We're pulling all these shadows
Up and down the Ohio

And the river gives and then she takes it all away
Working man, he has no say

Twenty-eight days on
From here the towns all look the same
Twenty-eight days
The muddy water gets into your veins

And the river gives and then she takes it all away
Working man, he has no say

Shotgun shacks like broken smiles
Willows weep for all the miles
All the miles of sweat and tears
Washed up on the banks 'round here

And the river gives and then she takes it all away
Working man, he has no say

Let me down easy
I've been on this run too long
If I don't read your letter
You can't make me your dear John
Your dear John