Joanne's desperation and the man and time that made them both run were beyond her control, leading her to make difficult choices that ultimately ended the love that could have been. The lyrics show how our circumstances and situations can dictate our choices and decisions, even when love is involved. The narrator is left with no tears to cry for her and kind thoughts for Joanne. However, despite the narrator's feelings and their connection, Joanne is driven by desperation and the love is short-lived. Joanne lives in a meadow by a pond and the narrator is struck by her sweet love that is evident in a single glance. The lyrics to Karla Bonoff's "What About Joanne" describe the story of a girl named Joanne who the narrator meets and falls in love with. Then the woman that she was, drove her on with desperationĪnd I saw, as she went, a most hopeless situation With a look that spoke to me of her sweet love Like a light through a prism, into yellows and blues Was much stronger than the love she felt for meīut staying with her and my little bit of wisdom
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