[Verse 1]
Dear every girl I ever told that I loved, I probably didn’t
I was young and overcome by lust and complicated feelings
I apologize and trust me, I know you don’t wanna hear it
I’m embarrassed that I even have to spell it out so clearly
I D-O-N-T L-O-V-E Y-O-U, I’m unsure now if I ever did and I’m sorry, but that’s the truth
Dear every girl that I ever told that I loved, I wasn’t lying
I was trying to find the words for the emotions I was dying to express
No excuses still I am the one responsible
My intentions weren’t as honorable as I thought they were
Dear every girl I ever told that I loved, I hope you love me back
Even though, even though it’s wrong I hope you want me back

[Chorus]
I’m gone, I’m gone, I’m gone
Dear every girl (dear every girl)
Hold on, hold on, hold on
Dear every girl (dear every girl, dear every girl)

[Verse 2]
Like where’d you see this going?
I’m a fucking rolling stone and I been zoning out for five months at a time
And I know it’s getting lonely when I’m hardly ever home and when you phone me it just rings until it dies
Dear every girl I ever told that I loved, I really meant it
But love changes as you grow and I have grown to learn my lesson
I guess that’s why it’s always so depressing when in retrospect you realized that no one knew true love, we hadn’t felt it yet
We were too young, too high, too drunk, too fly
Too cool to admit that we were hangin’ out for two nights in a row
Dear every girl I ever called a hoe
Please don’t blame my mother, she’s amazing, that was on me
Dear every girl
I don’t wanna be the one to break it to ya but I’m gonna break it to ya
Baby, baby, baby
[Chorus]
I’m gone, I’m gone, I’m gone
Dear every girl (dear every girl)
Hold on, hold on, hold on
Dear every girl (dear every girl, dear every girl)

[Post-Chorus]
Dear every girl
Dear every girl

[Bridge]
If I could go back in time, then I would to every love that I told would last forever, man I’m sorry

[Chorus]
I’m gone, I’m gone, I’m gone
Dear every girl (dear every girl)
Hold on, hold on, hold on
Dear every girl (dear every girl, dear every girl)