00:10Love don't kill softly It just walks away
00:23Dust on the boots, another night under four and stars
00:30Your letters used to smell like home Now they just smell like cars
00:40I held that envelope Like it was still your hand
00:50Tore it open slow And watched my whole world turn to sand
01:01You wrote I'm sorry that it cost you something real
01:05Said the distance got too long Said you needed time to feel
01:10But I was out here bleeding So you could sleep safe at night
01:15And you were already gone Before the ink was even dry
01:21Love don't kill softly, baby It kicks the door in
01:27Leaves a man standing in the dark With nowhere left to begin
01:31You said that dear John Like a bullet with my name
01:36I read it on the line And something in me never came back
01:41The same love don't kill softly It just walks away
01:57I still kept the photo In the lid of my old tin
02:02Your smile under that summer sky The one I thought I'd win
02:08Told the boy she's waiting Told myself the same damn lie
02:12While you were already choosing someone Who never had to say goodbye
02:16Modern love's a swipe of ghosts And it's not you, it's me
02:20You needed someone present While I was fighting to stay free
02:25I gave you every piece I had From halfway across the world
02:30You gave me three cold paragraphs And called it being honest, girl
02:35Love don't kill softly, baby It kicks the door in
02:41Leaves a man standing in the dark With nowhere left to begin
02:46You said that dear John Like a bullet with my name
02:51I read it on the line And something in me never came back
02:56The same love don't kill softly It just walks away
03:05Uh, uh, uh
03:12Uh, uh
03:14Uh, uh, uh
03:22Next morning we rolled out Before the sun could rise
03:26I didn't write you back, there was nothing left to say
03:31The convoy hit the sand, and the word went wide and loud
03:36I saw your face
03:38One last time when the smoke was settling down
03:43Love don't kill softly, it just leaves you in the dirt
03:48With a folded letter in your pocket and a hole that still hurts
03:54You moved on while I was dying for a home that wasn't mine
03:59And the last thing that I carried was the girl I left behind
04:13Love don't kill softly, it just stops
04:24Love don't kill softly, it just stops
04:25Love don't kill softly, it's bad
04:32Love don't kill softly, it just stops
04:52Love don't kill softly, it just stops
04:54You
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