Peter Paul And Mary - Lemon Tree by Will Holt (1962) текст песни

When I was just a lad of ten
my father said to me,
“Come here and take a lesson
from a 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
a lovely lemon tree”.

Lemon tree very pretty
and the lemon flower is sweet,
But the fruit of the poor 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.

Lemon tree…

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'd left me for another.
It's a common tale but true.
A sadder man but wiser,
now I sing these words to you.

Lemon tree…