I've known her I guess ten years or more
我认识她已经十余年了
Joni wrote me a note one day
有一天琼妮写了纸条给我
And this is what she had to say
那是发自内心的表白
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
吉米，告诉我你会等我
I'll grow up some day you'll see
要知道有一天我会长大的
Saving all my kisses just for you
我会为你保留所有的吻
Signed with love forever true
那是爱的印记永无虚假
Slowly I read her note once more
我把她的信仔细地读了一遍遍
Then I went over to the house next door
然后我来到了她的家
Her teardrops fell like rain that day
那天的她泪如雨下
When I told Joni what I had to say
当我对琼妮说了不得不说的话
Joni Joni please don't cry
琼妮，琼妮，请不要哭
You'll forget me by and by
你不久就会忘记我
You're just 15 I'm 22
你现在才15岁而我已经22岁了
And Joni I just can't wait for you
琼妮，我想我不能等你
Soon I left our little hometown
不久我就离开了家乡小镇
Got me a job and try to settle down
找了份工作，试图安定下来
But these words kept pounding my memory
但是这些话却始终萦绕心头
The words that Joni said to me
这些话是琼妮对我说的
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
吉米，请告诉我你会等我
I'll grow up some day you'll see
要知道有一天我会长大的
Saving all my kisses just for you
我会为你保留我所有的吻
Signed with love forever true
那是爱的印记永无虚假
I packed my clothes and I caught a plane
我收拾好衣物，乘上了飞机
I had to see Joni I had to explain
我要见到琼妮并向她解释
How my heart was filled with her memories
关于她的记忆已经占据了我整个心灵
And ask my Joni if she'd marry me
我还要问我的琼妮是否愿意嫁给我
I run all the way to the house next door
我径直跑到了她的家
But things weren't like they were before
但事情却不像从前那样
My teardrops fell like rain that day
那天的我泪如雨下
When I heard what Joni had to say
当我听到琼妮不得不说的话
Jimmy Jimmy please don't cry
吉米，吉米，请别哭
You'll forget me by and by
你不久就会忘记我
It's been five years since you've been gone
从你离开到现在已经五年了
Jimmy I've married your best friend Jone
吉米，我已经嫁给了你的好朋友约翰
歌手简介
Conway Twitty原名Harold Lloyd Jenkins。他这个艺名来得不寻常，是从地图上找出来的：阿肯色州的“Conway”加上了德克萨斯州的“Twitty”。他先是在摇滚界耕耘，1958年的一曲“It's only make believe”曾荣登榜首。
1964年，Twitty开始了他向往以久的乡村音乐。这首乡村经典“Don't cry Joni”，是1975年Conway Twitty与他的女儿Joni Lee合唱的，出自专辑“The very best of Conway Twitty”。缓缓的节奏，浅显的歌词，叙述了一个男孩和一个女孩忧伤的爱情故事。仔细听完歌曲中男女主角淡淡的叙述，不知你是否和我一样浮现出自己童年的相似回忆。
两位歌者用最朴实无华的唱腔，演绎了一段人世间最美好的初恋！果然是一首经典好歌啊……