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Jimmy please say you'll wait for me 
                       C 
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 
 
Joni was the girl next door 
i've known her I guess 10 yrs. or more 
Joni wrote me a note one day 
and this what Joni had to say 
 
slowly I read her note once more  
then I ran over to the house next more 
teardrops fell like rain that day 
when I told Joni what I had to say 
 
Joni, Joni please dont cry 
you'll forget me bye and bye 
your just 15 and i'm 22 
Joni I just can't wait for you 
 
soon I left our little home town 
I got me a job and tried to settle down 
but these words kept on my memory 
the words that Joni had said to me 
 
I packed my bags 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 over 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 bye and bye 
its been 5 years since you've been gone 
jimmy I married your best friend John