I've been dumped, I've been sore Hard to get and then I got what for I bought the ring but we fell apart She bent my mind, she broke my heart With one love letter, the finest of the, 'Dear John' kind I picked my bones on every stage When singing songs was all the rage I sold my back when I needed cash I lost my car when they found my stash Cuffed and collared by the governments finest kind Cruel winds are always blowing colder And a hard rain is never far behind So come on darlin', rest your head upon the shoulder Of the finest kind, the finest kind The finest of the finest kind I'm self afflicted, life addicted I paid my money but I lost my ticket I rolled the stones and I walked the blues I stretched my stride, I trimmed my fuse When I went running with the finest of the traveling kind Cruel winds are always blowing colder And a hard rain is never far behind Come on darlin', rest your head upon the shoulder Of the finest kind, the finest kind The finest of the finest kind