Late Shift lyrics

And I know your last words were `don`t call`
But I`ve been driving through a sorry night
And I hear your Dear John through the hum of the highway
On the late shift, on a long ride
Sayin,

`John, dear John, you`ve got a lot to learn about loving me
and I know you try, we just run out of time`

And there`s a rain cutting shadows through my headlights
On a stretch of road between dusk and dawn
And at first light I lose the runnin` fight
And I stop to find a phone
And you`re saying

`John, dear John
You got a lot to learn about lovin` me
And i know you try, but we just run out of time
We used up all our time`

And I know what the silence on the wire is
In the waking hours of a nameless day
And i know you can`t do your loving from a phonebooth on the highway
900 miles or so away
But you don`t fret about the bottom droppin out
It`ll be alright if you just turn around
You just dig in friend, if you keep your powder dry
You keep your powder dry

John, dear John
You got a lot to learn about lovin` me
And i know you try, but you can`t do it
from the highway, yeah`