They say that all your lights were burning
they found your doors and windows locked
they found a note on the kitchen table
and they found a bullet in your heart
Well you said that you had reached the breaking point
and you took your phone off the hook
then your wife and family were summoned
but they were afraid and she was ashamed to look

Dear Michael -- is it really over?
Dear Michael -- is that all you're worth?
Dear Michael -- is that what you wanted?
Dear Michael -- the last is alway first

I guess there's a skeleton in every closet
there's hardly room to hang your coat
and there's always some dirt under the carpet
we sweep it there and hope that it don't show
And I see a lot of nervous smiles on a lot of nervous faces
and I've heard some awful lies have been told
and sometimes I wonder should I tell them all
'cause they don't know the things that I know

Dear Michael -- is it really over?
Dear Michael -- is that all you're worth?
Dear Michael -- is that what you wanted?
Dear Michael -- the last is alway first

Dear Michael is it really ove