Lemon Tree

When I was just a lad of ten my father said to me
Dont put your faith in love my boy my father said to me
I fear youll 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
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 a lie
A girl so sweet that when she smiled the sun rose in the sky
We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree
The music of her laughter hid my fathers words from me
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to 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
Shed left me for another its a common tale but true
A sadder man but wiser now I sing these words to you
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat