Lemon Tree-Peter, Paul & Mary

[ti:lemon tree] [ar:] [al:177190] [offset:0] [00:07.24]When I was just a lad of ten my father said to me [00:12.37]Come here and learn a lesson from the lovely lemon tree [00:18.29]Dont put your faith in love my boy my father said to me [00:23.48]I fear youll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree [00:30.73]Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet [00:37.23]But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat [00:42.77]Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet [00:48.63]But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat [00:56.32]Beneath the lemon tree one day my love and I did a lie [01:02.40]A girl so sweet that when she smiled the sun rose in the sky [01:07.63]We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree [01:13.66]The music of her laughter hid my fathers words from me [01:20.98]Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet [01:26.83]But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat [01:33.29]Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet [01:39.17]But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat [01:46.57]One day she left without a word she took away the sun [01:52.86]And in the dark she left behind I knew what she had done [01:57.44]Shed left me for another its a common tale but true [02:04.42]A sadder man but wiser now I sing these words to you [02:15.33]Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet [02:18.93]But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat [02:25.62]Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet [02:31.48]But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat