Lemon Tree

When I was just a little boy

my father said to me

"come here and learn a lesson

from the lovely lemon tree"

"my son its most important"

my father said to me

"to put your faith in what you feel

and not in what you see"



CHORUS



Lemon tree, very pretty

and the lemon flower is sweet

but the fruit of the poor lemon

is a thing one cannot eat



Lemon tree, very pretty

and the lemon flower is sweet

but the fruit of the poor lemon

is a thing one cannot eat



beneath that lemon tree one day

my love and I did lye

a girl so sweet that when she smiled

the sun rose in the sky

we past the summer lost in love

beneath the lemon tree

the music of her laughter

hide my fathers words from me



CHORUS



Lemon tree, very pretty

and the lemon flower is sweet

but the fruit of the poor lemon

is a thing one cannot eat



Lemon tree, very pretty

and the lemon flower is sweet

but the fruit of the poor lemon

is a thing one cannot eat



one day she left without a word

she took away the sun

and in the dark she left behind

I knew what she had done

she left me for another

its a common tale but true

a sadder man, much wiser now

I sing these words to you



CHORUS



Lemon tree, very pretty

and the lemon flower is sweet

but the fruit of the poor lemon

is a thing one cannot eat



Lemon tree, very pretty

and the lemon flower is sweet

but the fruit of the poor lemon

is a thing one cannot eat