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Joni Joni

from Good Bones by Jim Ballard

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The Strangs: Wes McCraw, mandilin and vocal; Tim Longfellow, accordion; Bill Watson, bass; Joe Lang, drums; Jim Ballard, guitar and vocal

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Joni Joni

You were comin from some strange affairs
When I found you on the hotel stairs
Waitin out the rain and scared of everything

I saw you needed my affection
Took you in gave you my protection
Even witnessed to your ressurection happening


Oh Joni Joni how can it be
You loved all a them bad bad boys But you never loved me
I think I see

All those years I spent in tryin
Holdin you while you were cryin
Even when I knew that you were lyin
Yes I knew

And when you found your love had faded
Just like a movie scene you played it
An actor on the screen you made it
Seem so true

Oh Joni Joni how can it be
You loved all a them bad bad boys But you never loved me
I think I see

Now I see you movin’ down the line bettin on the race
Where the buses run on time and disappear without a trace
And the only thing you left behind are the lines upon your face
Never mind never mind you’re runnin in place

I hear you’re on the street again
All dressed up in the fallin rain
Sayin nothin’s lost and nothins gained
And nothin’s real

So I’ll be leavin town with mixed emotions
Girl you’ve earned my undyin devotion
With your velvet voice and your cool commotion
Hard to feel

Oh Joni Joni how can it be
You loved all a them bad bad boys But you never loved me
I think I see

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from Good Bones, released April 26, 2019

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Jim Ballard Akron, Ohio

Jim Ballard
A native of NE Ohio, Jim Ballard has been, for many years a part of the recording/performing community. After touring and performing all over the country with artists from 10,000 Maniacs to Gordon Lightfoot,The Mekons to Pete Seeger, he moved into his studio, Skylyne. There, he has recorded and worked with artists from Michael Stanley to Don Dixon and Alex Bevan. ... more

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