[Intro]
                


[Verse 1]
           
When I was jus

             
t a lad of ten

           
, my father sa

      
id to me,
             
"Come here and

       
 take a lesson

         
 from the love

       
ly lemon tree.

"
             
"Don't put you

            
r faith in lov

              
e, my boy", my

            
 father said t

  
o me,
            
"I fear you'll

             
 find that lov

              
e is like the 

        
lovely lemon t


ree."


[Chorus]
            
Lemon tree ver

            
y pretty and t

            
he lemon flowe

     
r is sweet
            
but the fruit 

            
of the poor le

            
mon is impossi

       
ble to eat.
            
Lemon tree ver

            
y pretty and t

            
he lemon flowe

     
r is sweet
            
but the fruit 

            
of the poor le

            
mon is impossi

            
ble to eat.


[Verse 2]
           
One day beneat

             
h the lemon tr

             
ee, my love an

      
d I did lie
         
A girl so swee

#           
t that when sh

          
e smiled the s

           
tars rose in t

   
he sky.
             
We passed that

            
 summer lost i

             
n love beneath

          
 the lemon tre

e
            
the music of h

             
er laughter hi

           
d my father's 

         
words from me:


[Chorus]
            
Lemon tree ver

            
y pretty and t

            
he lemon flowe

     
r is sweet
            
but the fruit 

            
of the poor le

            
mon is impossi

       
ble to eat.
            
Lemon tree ver

            
y pretty and t

            
he lemon flowe

     
r is sweet
            
but the fruit 

            
of the poor le

            
mon is impossi

            
ble to eat.


[Verse 3]
           
One day she le

             
ft without a w

             
ord. She took 

       
away the sun.
          
And in the dar

         
k she left beh

/          
ind, I knew wh

         
at she had don

e.
             
She'd left me 

            
for another, i

            
t's a common t

        
ale but true.
            
A sadder man b

             
ut wiser now I

         
 sing these wo

       
rds to you:


[Chorus]
            
Lemon tree ver

            
y pretty and t

            
he lemon flowe

     
r is sweet
            
but the fruit 

            
of the poor le

            
mon is impossi

       
ble to eat.
            
Lemon tree ver

            
y pretty and t

            
he lemon flowe

     
r is sweet
            
but the fruit 

            
of the poor le

            
mon is impossi

       
ble to eat.


[Outro]
      
Lemon tree (le

mon tree)
      
Lemon tree (le

mon tree)
      
Lemon tree (le

mon tree)
             
Lemon tree (le

          
mon tree)