"Jimmy, please say you'll wait for me
I'll grow up some day, you'll see
Saving all my kisses just for you
Signed with love forever true."

Joni was the girl who lived next door
I've known her, I guess, 10 years or more
Joni wrote me a note one day
And this is what she had to say

"Jimmy, please say you'll wait for me
I'll grow up some day, you'll see
Saving all my kisses just for you
Signed with love forever trre."

Slowly I read her note once more
Then I went over to the house next door
Her teardrops fell like rain that day
When I told Joni what I had to say

"Joni, Joni, please don't cry
You'll forget me by and by
You're just 15, I'm 22
Joni, I just can't wait for you."

Soon I left our little hometown
Got me a job and tried to settle down
But her words kept haunting my memory
The words  Joni said to me,

"Jimmy, please say you'll wait for me
I'll grow up some day, you'll see
Saving all my kisses just for you
Signed with love forever true."

I packed my clothes 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'll marry me

I ran all the way 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 by and by
It's been 5 years since you've been gone
Jimmy, I married your best friend Jone."