Joni's like a prizefight She's a Cassius Clay with green eyes Trying to resist me Fighting not to kiss me And knocking out my lights She tells me she's an open book But that's such a joke to me It's impossible to get her The pages stick together so nobody can read Joni is making a fool out of me I only want to see her smile If only for a little while If only for a while She called me when her daddy died She told me she was alright But she was crying in her pancakes Crying to the fan blades Crying at the Sky 'Cause she's just aching for a storybook A truth that she can tame A box to put a gift in A world she can exist in that doesn't ever change Joni is making a fool out of me I only want to see her smile If only for a little while If only for a while If only for a while If only for a while I only want to see her smile Joni is making a fool out of me I only want to see her smile If only for a little while Joni only for a while Only for a while Only for a while If only for a while