JoanieJoanie was the girl who lived next doorI've known her, I guess, ten years or moreJoanie wrote me a note one dayAnd this is what she had to sayTo me, please say you'll wait for meI'll grow up someday, you'll seeSaving all my kisses just for youSigned with love forever trueSlowly I read her noteOnce more I went over to the house next doorHer teardrops fell like rain that dayWhen I told Joanie what I had to sayJoanie, Joanie, please don't cryYou'll forget me by and byI'll be fifteen, I am twenty-twoAnd Joanie, I just can't wait for youSoon I left our little hometownGot me a job and tried to settle downBut these words kept haunting my memoryThe words that Joanie saidTo meTo me, please say you'll wait for meI'll grow up someday, you'll seeSaving all my kisses just for youSigned with love forever trueI packed my clothesAnd I caught a planeHad to see JoanieI had to explainHow my heart was filled with her memoryAnd asked my Joanie if she'd marry meI ran all the way to the house next doorThings weren't like they were beforeI ran all the way to the house next doorMy teardrops fell like rain that dayWhen I heard what Joanie had to sayJoanie, Joanie, please don't cryYou'll forget me by and byIt's been five years since you've been goneJoanie, Joanie, please don't cryI'll be your best friend, JohnJoanie, Joanie, please don't cry