JOHN DOE

THEY FOUND HIM IN THE GUTTER

AND NOBODY KNEW HIS NAME

THERE WAS NO I.D. AND NO ONE CAME TO CLAIM

THE YOUNG MAN OR HIS GUITAR THAT LAY ALL NIGHT IN THE COLD

OR THAT PIECE OF PAPER WITH THE LAST WORDS THAT HE WROTE

IT SAID “I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

WE BOTH KNOW IT’S TRUE

I’M NOT THE FIRST TO FEEL THIS WAY

ABOUT SOMEONE LIKE YOU

AND NOW A DAYS I’M JUST LOOKING FOR

THE ONE I HOPE TO SEE

THE DAY THAT I GET OVER YOU GETTING OVER ME”

CHORUS:

HE WROTE, “I TRIED BUT I JUST COULDN’T WRITE

A SONG FOR YOU THIS TIME

‘CAUSE I CAN’T THINK NO MORE ABOUT

HOW YOUR LOVE FOR ME DIED

AND I STILL TRY TO DO THINGS I SHOULD

TO MAKE IT THROUGH

BUT I COULD SPEND A LIFETIME GETTING OVER YOU”

WHEN HIS TIME WAS UP HIS NEW NAME WAS JOHN DOE

AND HE GOT LAID TO REST WITH JUST A NUMBER AND A ROW

AND IT MADE YOU KINDA WONDER

WHERE THIS STORY HAD IT’S START

AND IF HE DIED FROM THE COLD

OR FROM A BROKEN HEART

AND THEY WROTE IT IN THE PAPER

ABOUT HIS CIRCUMSTANCE

A STORY OF HOW THEY’D FOUND HIM

WITH HIS GUITAR IN HIS HAND

AND YOU KNOW THEY WENT AND QUOTED

THOSE WORDS TO HER HE WROTE

DO YOU THINK HE WOULD HAVE WANTED THAT

AND WILL SHE EVER KNOW?

CHORUS

THEY FOUND HIM IN THE GUTTER

AND NOBODY KNEW HIS NAME