Don't Cry Joni

Joni was the girl who lived next door
 I've known her, I guess, ten 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 will see
 Saving all my kisses just for you
 Signed with love, forever true"
 Slowly, I read her note once more
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 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 15, I am 22
 And Joni, I just can't wait for you
 Soon, I left our little home town
 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 someday, 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
 Things weren't like they were before
 My tear drops 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"