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 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 lemon is impossible to eat
lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet
but the fruit of the lemon is impossible to eat
one day beneath the lemon tree my love and i did lie
a girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky
we passed 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 left behind i knew what she had done
she left me for another it’s a common tale but true
a sadder man but wiser now i sing these words to you
Artist: Trini Lopez
Year: 1965
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 91