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