Joni was the girl who lived next door 约妮是住在邻居家的花朵 I've known her I guess 10 years or more 认识她大约已有10年之多 Joni wrote me a note one day 约妮一天给了我张纸贴 And this is what she had to say 她心里住着一只小蝴蝶
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me 吉米请等我在时间的长堤 I'll grow up someday you'll see 某天我会长大让你着迷 Savin' all my kisses just for you 为你我保存了所有的初吻爱慕 Signed with love forever true 步入清澈爱河的长途
Slowly I read her note once more 细读着她的纸条感慨良多 Then I went over to the house next door 决定去邻居家伶惜花朵 Her teardrops fell like rain that day 她的泪像那天的雨倾泻 When I told Joni what I had to say 当我说约妮不能和你相约
Joni, Joni, please don't cry 约妮，约妮莫哭呆 You'll forget me by and by 你忘掉我会很快 You're just fifteen I'm twenty two 我二十二，你才十五 Joni I just can't wait for you 约妮我若等你会很苦
Soon I left our little home town 很快我离开了小城家乡 Got me a job and tried to settle down 得到工作充满定居的希望 But her words kept haunting my memory 可她的话一直在我心中传递 The words that Joni said to me 约妮的言语是那样的甜蜜
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me 吉米请等我在时间的长堤 I'll grow up someday you'll see 某天我会长大让你着迷 Savin' all my kisses just for you 为你我保存了所有的初吻爱慕 Signed with love forever true 步入清澈爱河的长途
I packed my clothes and I caught a plane 打好背包飞机上我兴奋难掩 I had to see Joni, I had to explain 去看约妮要当面和她畅谈 How my heart was filled with her memory 告诉她我心里不能没有你 And ask my Joni if she'd marry me 向约妮求婚说出我的秘密
I ran all the way to the house next door 我一路奔跑入邻居家落座 But things weren't like they were before 然而时过境迁让我好难过 My teardrops fell like rain that day 我的泪像那天的雨倾泻 When I heard what Joni had to say 当约妮说不能和我相约
Jimmy Jimmy please don't cry 吉米，吉米莫哭呆， You'll forget me by and by 你忘掉我会很快 It's been five years since you've been gone 过去的五年是多么漫长 Jimmy I married your best friend John. 我已是你好朋友约翰的新娘
