Don’t cry Joni

“Don’t cry Joni” is the first English song which I listen when I began to study English. This song lyric has a meaningful story. The story told that the 15 year old girl like the boy next her door. He is 22 years old. Joni love Jimmy and she said that ” Jimmy, please wait for me”. However, Jimmy do not feedback Joni’s love, he thought that Joni was too young to love. Jimmy left his hometown to built his career and after that he realize that he love her. However, everything is too late, Joni got married with Jimmy’s best friend, John. This song’s meaning is that we should honor the person who next to us, love us. Don’t let everything which is too late, we cannot fix that. This song was recorded by the country music singer Conway Twitty in 1974 and it was released in 1975.

” Jimmy please say you’ll wait for me
I’ll grow up someday 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 someday you’ll see
Saving all my kisses just for you
Signed with love
forever true

Slowly I read her note once more
Then I went over to the house next door
Her tear drops 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 fifteen
I’m twenty two
And Joni I just cant wait for you

Soon I left our little home town
Got me a job and tried to settle down
But these words kept haunting my memory
The words that 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’d marry me

I ran all the way
To the house next door
But things weren’t like they were before
My tear drops 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 five years since you’ve been gone
Jimmy I married your best friend John ”

                                                                  (

Ron Peterson, Conway Twitty

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Emotions in music

It’s no doubt that music has played a vital role in our society. It does not matter what culture we are from, everyone loves music, especially love songs. There is nothing better than listening to your favorite type of music after a rough day. Music does not only provide entertainment but also allow emotions of happiness and sadness to arise. There are more and more music has been used in emotional therapy and has remarkable effects. Choosing what type of music to listen in specific situation can bring different result. When people feel heart broken, they tend to choose to listen to sad music, because they can find the sympathy in the melody and lyrics of the song, which make them feel like they are not alone, and there is someone out there understanding what they’ve been through.When people are happy, they could choose the happy song. Therefore, there are a lot of songs in different topics such as wedding, football, dancing. For example, the wedding songs are very popular in the wedding ceremony such as ” In my life”, ” my love’,” let’s stay together”,”that’s how strong my love is”. The football songs ” la la la”, ” we are one”,”Wavin Flag”.