lemon tree

when i was just a lad of ten

my father said to me

come here and take a lesson from the lovely lemon tree. don't put your faith in love my boy

my father said to me

i'll fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree.]

lemon tree very pretty

and the lemon flower is sweet

but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. beneath the lemon tree one day my love and i did lie

a girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky. we past that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree

the music of her laughter hid my father's words from me. ]

one day she left without a word she took away the sun

and in the dark she'd left behind i knew what she had done. she left me for another it's a common tale

but true

a sadder tale

but wiser now i sing this song for you. ]