Why is this day    Why is this day like no other day    Oh you've waited so long    To be sure love is all    And the first flowers bloom ? back on the farm    The windows were warm    Back home the windows are frozen shut    Glad that you showed me how    To get out of the cold    And you almost had a house there in Mendocino    We used to drive through the countryside    And I will miss your dear sweet smile    All the while    I'll see you again    My own Jo Ellen someone who knows    Someone just as long you've been around    There's an empty old sound    Like the day coming down    We used to drive through the countryside    And I will miss your dear sweet smile    All the while    I'll see you again    My own Jo Ellen    Why is this day    Why is this day like no other day    Oh you've waited so long    To be sure love is all    And the first flowers bloom ? back on the farm