hey joni, put it all behind you.
hey joni, now i'll put it all behind me, too.
these times can't add up, your life's such a mess.
forget the past and just say yes.

tell me joni, am i the one, to see you through?
in this broken town can you still jack in, and know what to do?
i remember our youth, our high ideals,
i remember you were so uptight.
that time in the trees, we broke that vice
we took some steps and now we can't think twice.

tell me joni, am i right by you?
tell me how're you gonna lose this hard luck?
hey joni, when will all these dreams come true?
you'd better find a way to climb down off that truck.

shots ring out from the center of an empty field, joni's in the tall grass.
she's a beautiful mental jukebox, a sailboat explosion, a snap of electric whipcrack.
she's not thinking about the future, she's not spinning her wheels,
she doesn't think at all about the past.
she's thinking long and hard, about that wild sound, and wondering will it last?

kick it.

hey joni, put it all behind you.
there's something turning, turning right to you.
my head burns, but i know you'll speak the truth.
hey!
hey joni, put it all behind you.
hey joni, now i've put it all behind me too.
forget the future, these times are such a mess.
tune out the past, and just say yes.

it's 1963.
it's 1964.
it's 1957.
it's 1962.

put it all behind you.
now it's all behind you.

"hey joni"
-sonic youth