Don't Cry Joni
Composer(s): Conway Twitty
Performer(s): Conway Twitty & Joni Lee
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
Joni: (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 teardrops 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'm twenty-two 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 those words kept haunting my memory The words that Joni wrote to me
Joni: (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 I 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
Joni: (Jimmy, Jimmy please don't cry) (You'll forget me by and by) (It's been five years since you've been gone) (And Jimmy, I married your best friend John)
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