Don't Cry Joni
Joni was the girl who lived next door
I've known her, I guess, 10 years or more
Joni wrote me a note, one day
And this is what she had to say:
Jimmy, please say you'll wait for me
I'll grow up someday, you'll see
Saving all my kisses, just for you
Signed with love, forever true
Slowly, I read her note, once more
I went over to the house next door
Her tear drops fell like rain, that day
When I told Joni what I had to say:
Joni, Joni, please don't cry
You'll forget me, by and by
You're just fifteen, I am twenty-two
And Joni, I just can't wait for you
Soon, I left our little hometown
Got me a job and tried to settle down
But these words kept haunting my memory
The words that Joni said to me:
Jimmy, please say you'll wait for me
I'll grow up some day, you'll see
Saving all my kisses, just for you
Signed with love, forever true
I packed my clothes and I caught a plane
Had to see Joni; I had to explain
How my heart was filled with her memory
And ask my Joni if she'd marry me
I ran all the way to the house next door
But things weren't like they were before
My teardrops fell like rain, that day
When I heard what Joni had to say
Jimmy, Jimmy, please don't cry
You'll forget me, by and by
It's been five years since you've been gone
Jimmy, I married your best friend, John
I've known her, I guess, 10 years or more
Joni wrote me a note, one day
And this is what she had to say:
Jimmy, please say you'll wait for me
I'll grow up someday, you'll see
Saving all my kisses, just for you
Signed with love, forever true
Slowly, I read her note, once more
I went over to the house next door
Her tear drops fell like rain, that day
When I told Joni what I had to say:
Joni, Joni, please don't cry
You'll forget me, by and by
You're just fifteen, I am twenty-two
And Joni, I just can't wait for you
Soon, I left our little hometown
Got me a job and tried to settle down
But these words kept haunting my memory
The words that Joni said to me:
Jimmy, please say you'll wait for me
I'll grow up some day, you'll see
Saving all my kisses, just for you
Signed with love, forever true
I packed my clothes and I caught a plane
Had to see Joni; I had to explain
How my heart was filled with her memory
And ask my Joni if she'd marry me
I ran all the way to the house next door
But things weren't like they were before
My teardrops fell like rain, that day
When I heard what Joni had to say
Jimmy, Jimmy, please don't cry
You'll forget me, by and by
It's been five years since you've been gone
Jimmy, I married your best friend, John
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Writer(s): Conway Twitty
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