Long Arms - The Ballad Of Joni And James lyrics

Here's the story of Joni and James Joni is the girl Well, I'm the other name Joni's up in Canada She's freezing cold Me? I'm in a rock and roll band She's got a van its made in the 90s Its a 350 He's also got a van It also seats about 15 He's gonna take all the seats out the back Cause he can live without them But he can't live without his girl He's gonna cruise on up to her and say: We'll try to get by We don't need no one else We'll give it a shot Give it all we got, yeah We'll try to get by We don't need no one else We'll give it a shot Cause it would be a shame If no one heard the ballad of Joni and James Here's the story of Joni and James Some say they were star-crossed lovers But they were stars the same They stay up all night talking but they were miles away They were dreaming with their eyes wide open But they were dreams the same She had a thing for drummers But it was only a thing He had many young lovers But that went away the day Joni rang She said, "You say that to all the girls..." But he knew it wasn't like that He's gonna give her the key to his heart And they ain't never gonna be apart He said: We'll try to get by We don't need no one else We'll give it a shot We'll give it all we got, yeah We'll try to get by We don't need no one else We'll give it a shot Cause it would be a shame If no one heard the ballad of Joni and James Here's the story of Joni and James Two young lovers and the world thinks they're insane We'll try to get by We don't need no one else We'll give it a shot We'll give it all we got, yeah We'll try to get by Yeah, we're gonna get by We'll give it a shot We'll give it all we got And that's the ballad of Joni and James