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 them basement parties, your brother's karate   the all day rock and roll shows   Them homesick blues and radical views   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      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 made me feel a millionaire and you wear it well   Madame Onassis got nothing on you      Anyway, 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 wear it well   I don't object if you call collect   'cos 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 back to you      After all the years I hope it's the same address   Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on