[Intro]


[Verse 1]
             
There once was

              
 a bitter-swee

              
t man and they

            
 called him Le

mon Boy
       
He was growing

 in my garden 

and
              
I pulled him o

           
ut by his hair

         
, like a weed
             
And like weeds

              
 do he only ca

            
me and grew ba

ck again
             
So I figured t

              
his time I mig

              
ht as well let

       
 him be

[Chorus]
             
Lemon Boy and 

             
me started to 

         
get along toge

  
ther
             
I helped him p

             
lant his seeds

              
 and we'd mow 

            
the lawn in ba

    
d weather
             
It's actually 

             
pretty easy be

            
ing nice to a 

          
bitter boy lik

     
e him
             
So I got mysel

           
f a citrus fri

end

[Verse 2]
             
But soon his b

              
itter-sweet st

         
arted to rub o

ff on me
             
You'd think sm

              
elling like le

              
mon zest would

        
 be pretty nea

t
             
I found out th

              
at my friends 

              
were more of t

   
he savory type
             
And they weren

              
't too keen wi

              
th compromisin

           
g with a nice 

      
lemon pie

[Chorus]
             
So Lemon Boy a

             
nd me, we just

            
 got to get al

    
ong together
             
I helped him p

             
lant his seeds

              
 and we'd mow 

            
the lawn in ba

    
d weather
             
It's actually 

             
pretty easy be

            
ing nice to a 

          
bitter boy lik

    
e him
             
So I got mysel

           
f a citrus fri

end

[Bridge]
             
But what if I 

              
run out of fer

  
tilizer?
             
What if the cl

              
ouds run out o

  
f rain?
             
What if Lemon 

              
Boy won't grow

    
 no longer?
            
What if beache

              
s dry of sugar

      
 cane? Oh well

,
    
The whales sta

rt to beach th

emselves
            
Tortoise shell

              
s tear away fr

         
om their spine

s
             
It happens all

     
 the time
          
It happens all

     
 the time

[Instrumental]
     

[Outro]
             
Lemon Boy and 

             
I, we're gonna

       
 live forever
             
Like Snufkin a

             
nd Little My, 

            
we'll get arou

      
nd wherever
             
Lemon Boy and 

             
I, we're gonna

      
 live forever
             
Like Snufkin a

             
nd Little My, 

            
we'll get arou

       
nd wherever
             
It's actually 

             
pretty easy be

            
ing nice to a 

          
bitter boy lik

    
e him
              
Cause we're th

             
e bitterest bo

      
ys in town
              
Yeah we're the

             
 bitterest guy

   
s around
              
and I've got m

             
yself a citrus

 
 friend

[Instrumental]
                       


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