Dear Joan
  I've almost forgotten
  The pane in the window
  The blue dress in the doorway
  
  Dear Joan
  Help me remember
  The face I forget
  And the traps that I've sprung
  
  I guess I've grown tired
  It's just what's expected of me
  To tear your heart
  From the inside to the outside
  
  You know I was wired
  I just couldn't help it
  The hundred thousand times I hurt you
  
  (chorus)
  
  Dear Joan I wanted to say
  I'm sorry for the screaming last night,
  And the nights before
  I've wanted more from this
  Than anything I've ever known
  Dear Joan
  
  Dear Joan
  Your face has a brightness
  That I've never seen
  In the years that I've known you
  
  Dear Joan
  I'd pick up the pieces
  But some scattered too far
  They flew when I kicked them
  
  I know you believed
  When I said it was over
  You stood by me patiently
  Waiting and brooding
  So deeply in love
  With every face that I've shown
  
  (chorus)
  
  Once I forget
  Twice I'm a fool
  Three times I wrap
  My hands around your neck
  (while your sleeping)
  (so quietly sleeping)
  (sleeping and dreaming)
  
  Dear Joan
  
  Don't walk out the doorway
  Because if you did, I believe
  I could honestly kill you
  
  (chorus)