I got home today
  Took a look around
  Trying to find that girl of mine
  She could not be found
    All her things were gone
  She just left a note
  It don't take no mastermind
  To figure what she wrote
    And she said dear John I'm moving on
  By this time I'm gonna be long gone
  Dear John c'est la vie
  Dear John so long
  You've seen the last of me
    I don't want her back
  I won't even try
  This time ain't just au revoir
  This time it's goodbye
    We could not go on
  Living like we were
  I was just about to write
  A Dear John note to her
    I was gonna say
  Dear John I'm moving on
  By this time I'm gonna be long gone
  Dear John c'est la vie
  Dear John so long
  You've seen the last of me