Her name was Joanne

And she lived near a meadow

By a pond

And she touched me for a moment

With a look that spoke to me

Of her sweet long



Then the woman that she was

Drove her on with desperation

And I saw, as she went

A most hopeless situation

For Joanne and the man

And the time that made them both run



She was only a girl

I know that well, but still I could not see

That the hold that she had

Was much stronger than the love

She felt for me



But staying with her

And my little bit of wisdom

Broke down her desires

Like a light through a prism

Into yellows and blues

And the tune that I could not have sung



Though the essence is gone

I have no tears to cry for her

And my only thoughts of her

Are kind



Her name was Joanne

And she lived near a meadow by a pond

And she touched me for a moment

With a look that spoke to me

Of her sweet long



Then the woman that she was

Drove her on with desperation

And I saw as she went

A most hopeless situation

For Joanne and the man

And the time that made them both run



For Joanne and the man

And the time that made them both run