You Wear It Well

I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon but to settle down and write you a line. I've been meaning to phone you, but from Minnesota, hell it's been a very long time, you wear it well, a little old fashioned but that's all right. Well I suppose you're thinking I bet he's sinking or he wouldn't get in touch with me. Oh I ain't begging or losing my head. I sure do want you to know that you wear it well, there ain't a lady in the land so fine. Remember those basement parties, your brother's karate, the all day rock and roll shows. Them homesick blues and radical view haven't left a mark on you, you wear it well, a little out of time, but I don't mind. But I ain't forgetting that you were once mine, but I blew it without even tryin'. Now I'm eatin' my heart out, tryin' to get a letter through. (tryin' to get back to you.) Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on. I'm gonna write about the birthday gown that I bought in town, when you sat down and cried on the stairs. You knew it did not cost the earth, but for what it's worth. You make me fell a millionaire and you wear it well. Madame Onassis got nothing on you. And when my coffee's cold and I'm getting told that I gotta get back to work, so when the sun goes low and you're home all alone, think of me and try not to laugh and I'll wear it well. I don't object if you call collect, 'cos I ain't forgetting that you were once mine