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