Don't cry Joni,  琼尼别哭!

琼尼别哭, 美国乡村音乐的代表作,  一首真真乡村经典; 1975年Conway Twitty与他的女儿Joni Lee合唱的,  出自专辑“The very best of Conway Twitty”;

质朴的歌词, 伤感的故事,  浅浅的叙述弥漫着一种淡淡欲罢不能的忧伤;  男女主人公不动声色的对白就像是吃着一粒甜中带着涩的青果; 

缓缓的, 缓缓的, 听着听着,  让人想起了很多，很多事情如果没有珍惜，一旦错过就可能永远失去;

 
Don't cry Joni,   叙述着一个男孩与女孩忧伤的爱情故事…..

  (Joni)
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
吉米请说你会等我
I'll grow up someday you'll see
我会长大让你注目
Saving all my kisses just for you
为你保留所有的吻
Signed with love
那是爱的记号
forever true
永无虚假

(Jimmy)
Joni was the girl who lived next door
琼尼是个邻家女孩
I've known her I guess 10 years or more
我认识她十年有余
Joni wrote me a note one day
有一天她写了信给我
And this is what she had to say
那是她发自内心的表白

(Joni)


Same as the above
。。。
(Jimmy)
Slowly I read her note once more
我把她的信读了又读
Then I went over to the house next door
然后来到她的家里
Her tear drops fell like rain that day
那天她泪落如雨
When I told Joni what I had to say
当我说了不得不说的话

(Jimmy)
Joni, Joni please don't cry
琼尼，琼尼，请你别哭
You'll forget me by and by
你会慢慢将我遗忘
You're just fifteen
你才十五岁
I'm twenty two
我已二十二
And Joni I just cant wait for you
我想我真的不能等你

(Jimmy)
Soon I left our little home town
后来我离开那小小的城镇
Got me a job and tried to settle down
找了份工作，安定下来
But these words kept haunting my memory
但是那些话总在耳边回响
  The words that Joni said to me
那些琼尼说过的话

(Joni)
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
吉米请说你会等我
I'll grow up someday you'll see
我会长大让你注目
Saving all my kisses just for you
为你保留所有的吻
Signed with love
那是爱的记号
forever true
永无虚假

(Jimmy)
I packed my clothes
我收拾了行李
And I caught a plane
买了一张机票
I had to see Joni
我要看到她
I had to explain
对她说
How my heart was filled
在我心中
With her memory
全都是她
And ask my Joni if she'd marry me
我要琼尼做我的新娘

(Jimmy)
I ran all the way
我跑啊跑
To the house next door
来到她的家里
But things weren't like they were before
但是一切已改变
My tear drops fell like rain that day
我泪落如雨
When I heard what Joni had to say
当我听见她不得不说的话

(Joni)
Jimmy, Jimmy please don't cry
吉米，吉米，请你别哭
You'll forget me by and by
你会慢慢将我遗忘
It's been five years since you've been gone
从你离开到现在已经五年
Jimmy I married your best friend John
我嫁给了你最好的朋友，约翰