Intro 
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Dear John, 
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What's wrong?  

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Why can't you just be anything you want? 
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Why not?    Why not?  

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I tried to tell you then. You didn't understand. 
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They try and pigeonhole you.  
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Buddy, they don't even know you. 

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But hang on  
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my dear, dear, John. 

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Maybe you're not just like everyone,  
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so what, so what. 

Bridge - Verse and Chorus instrumental 

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And there's more  
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to live for,  

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Than some abbreviated encore,  
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much more, much more. 

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You can't define yourself in terms of someone else. 
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You can't say what you're thinking?  
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But I don't know what you've been drinking. 

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But don't cry.  
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'Cause life goes on. 

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Dear John, you could be anything you want. 
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Why not?   Why not? 
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Why you could even be an astronaut,  
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Dear John,  dear John.