Joni was the girl who lived next door 約妮是住在鄰居家的花朵 I've known her I guess 10 years or more 認識她大約已有10年之多 Joni wrote me a note one day 約妮一天給了我張紙貼 And this is what she had to say 她心裡住着一隻小蝴蝶
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me 吉米請等我在時間的長堤 I'll grow up someday you'll see 某天我會長大讓你着迷 Savin' all my kisses just for you 為你我保存了所有的初吻愛慕 Signed with love forever true 步入清澈愛河的長途
Slowly I read her note once more 細讀着她的紙條感慨良多 Then I went over to the house next door 決定去鄰居家伶惜花朵 Her teardrops fell like rain that day 她的淚像那天的雨傾瀉 When I told Joni what I had to say 當我說約妮不能和你相約
Joni, Joni, please don't cry 約妮，約妮莫哭呆 You'll forget me by and by 你忘掉我會很快 You're just fifteen I'm twenty two 我二十二，你才十五 Joni I just can't wait for you 約妮我若等你會很苦
Soon I left our little home town 很快我離開了小城家鄉 Got me a job and tried to settle down 得到工作充滿定居的希望 But her words kept haunting my memory 可她的話一直在我心中傳遞 The words that Joni said to me 約妮的言語是那樣的甜蜜
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me 吉米請等我在時間的長堤 I'll grow up someday you'll see 某天我會長大讓你着迷 Savin' all my kisses just for you 為你我保存了所有的初吻愛慕 Signed with love forever true 步入清澈愛河的長途
I packed my clothes and I caught a plane 打好背包飛機上我興奮難掩 I had to see Joni, I had to explain 去看約妮要當面和她暢談 How my heart was filled with her memory 告訴她我心裡不能沒有你 And ask my Joni if she'd marry me 向約妮求婚說出我的秘密
I ran all the way to the house next door 我一路奔跑入鄰居家落座 But things weren't like they were before 然而時過境遷讓我好難過 My teardrops fell like rain that day 我的淚像那天的雨傾瀉 When I heard what Joni had to say 當約妮說不能和我相約
Jimmy Jimmy please don't cry 吉米，吉米莫哭呆， You'll forget me by and by 你忘掉我會很快 It's been five years since you've been gone 過去的五年是多麼漫長 Jimmy I married your best friend John. 我已是你好朋友約翰的新娘
