D A
"Jimmy please say you'll wait for me,
A D
I'll grow up someday you'll see,
D G
Saving all my kisses just for you,
A D
Signed with love, forever true."
D A
Joni was the girl who lived next door,
A D
I've known her I guess ten years or more,
D (A) G
Joni wrote me a note one day,
A D
And this is what she had to say:
D A
"Jimmy please say you'll wait for me,
A D
I'll grow up someday you'll see,
D G
Saving all my kisses just for you,
A D
Signed with love, forever true."
D A
Slowly I read her note once more,
A D
Then I went over to the house next door,
D (A) G
Her teardrops fell like rain that day,
A D
When I told Joni what I had to say:
D A
"Joni, Joni, please don't cry
A D
You'll forget me by and by,
D (A) G
You're just 15; I'm 22,
A D
And Joni, I just can't wait for you."
D A
Soon I left our little home town,
A D
Got me a job and tried to settle down,
D (A) G
But these words kept haunting my memory,
A D
The words that Joni said to me:
D A
"Jimmy please say you'll wait for me,
A D
I'll grow up someday you'll see,
D G
Saving all my kisses just for you,
A D
Signed with love, forever true."
D A
I packed my clothes and I caught a plane,
A D
I had to see Joni; I had to explain,
D (A) G
How my heart was filled with her memory,
A D
And ask my Joni if she'd marry me.
D A
I ran all the way to the house next door,
A D
But things weren't like they were before,
D (A) G
My teardrops fell like rain that day,
A D
When I heard what Joni had to say:
D A
"Jimmy, Jimmy, please don't cry,
A D
You'll forget me by and by,
D (A) G
It's been five years since you've been gone,
A D
Jimmy, I married your best friend John."