* Don‘t cry, Joni Conway Twitty & Joni Lee Conway一生成就非凡, 他不僅僅是鄉村歌壇有史以來同時擁 有搖滾及鄉村音樂兩項冠軍紀錄最為輝 煌的超級巨星,一唱就是四十年, 更且,時至今日依然沒有人能打破 他的最佳紀錄。 這首鄉村經典“Don't cry Joni”,是1975年 。 Conway Twitty與他的女兒Joni Lee合唱的, 出自專輯“The very best of Conway Twitty”。緩緩的節奏,淺顯的歌詞, 敘述了一個男孩和一個女孩憂傷的愛情故事 一個小女孩單戀著鄰居的大哥哥,有一天鼓起勇氣寫 了張字條,要這個大哥哥等她,等她長大,她會把所 有的吻還有愛都留給他。 可是大哥哥說他沒辦法等,妳現在才15歲而我已經22 歲了,慢慢的妳會把我忘掉的..... 於是他離開了家鄉,在外飄盪了五年,腦海卻不斷想 起這段話,想起有個女孩,曾經那樣執著而純粹的愛 著他,曾經要他等她長大。在經歷過這麼多複雜的人 際關係以後,他忽然想回到家鄉,忽然想起這個女孩, 她已經長大,她還在等著他嗎?如果是的話,這一次, 他想牽起她的手。 但來不及了,這一次,淚如雨下的換作是他,那悔很 的淚水停不下來,女孩說著,別哭,有一天你會忘了 我的,就像我忘了你,找到另一個深愛我的人一樣, 愛會讓曾經的傷口痊癒的。 Jimmy please say you'll wait for me 吉米,請告訴我你會等我 I'll grow up someday you'll see 我總有一天會長大 Saving all my kisses just for you 把我全部的吻都留給你 Signed with love forever true" 並且簽上"永遠的摯愛" Joni was the girl who lived next door 瓊妮是位住在隔壁的女孩 I've known her I guess ten years or more 我認識她大概有十多年了 Joni wrote me a note one day 有一天,瓊妮寫了張紙條給我 And this is what she had to say 這就是她想說的…… Jimmy please say you'll wait for me 吉米,請告訴我你會等我 I'll grow up someday you'll see 我總有一天會長大 Saving all my kisses just for you 把我全部的吻都留給你 Signed with love forever true" 並且簽上"永遠的摯愛" Slowly I read her note once more 我再次慢慢的讀著她的紙條 Then I went over to the house next door 然後,我走到隔壁去 Her teardrops fell like rain that day 那一天,她淚如雨下 When I told Joni what I had to say 當我告訴瓊妮我心底的話 "Joni, Joni please don't cry " 瓊妮!瓊妮,不要哭 You'll forget me by and by 慢慢的,妳會把我忘掉 You're just fifteen and I'm twenty-two 妳才十五歲,而我已二十二歲 And Joni I just can't wait for you" 瓊妮,我無法等妳 " Soon I left our little hometown 我很快離開了我們住的小鎮 Got me a job and tried to settle down 找到一份工作,試著安定下來 But these words kept haunting my memory 但那些話語在我記憶裡揮之不去 The words that Joni said to me 那些瓊妮告訴我的話 Jimmy please say you'll wait for me 吉米,請告訴我你會等我 I'll grow up someday you'll see 我總有一天會長大 Saving all my kisses just for you 把我全部的吻都留給你 Signed with love forever true" 並且簽上"永遠的摯愛" I packed my clothes and I caught the plane 我收拾了衣物,搭上班機 I had to see Joni, I had to explain 我得去見瓊妮,向她解釋 How my heart was filled with her memory 我的心裡縈繞著關於她的回憶…… And that's my Joni if she'd marry me 如果瓊妮能嫁給我,那再好不過了 I ran all the way to the house next door 我飛奔到隔壁去 But things weren't like they were before 但景物已全非 My teardrops fell like rain that day 那一天我的淚水像雨水般滴落 When I heard what Joni had to say 當我聽到瓊妮所說的…… "Jimmy, Jimmy please don't cry " 吉米!吉米,不要哭 You'll forget me by and by 你會慢慢的把我忘掉 It's been five years since you've been gone 你離去以後,已經過了五年 Jimmy, I married your best friend John......" 吉米,我已經嫁給你最好的朋友--約翰 "