[00:18.13]"Don't put your faith in love, my boy," my father said to me,[00:23.95]"I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree."[00:30.15][00:31.12]Chorus:[00:31.63]Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,[00:37.70]But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.[00:43.27]Lemon tree, very pretty, and the lemon flower is sweet,[00:49.12]But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.[00:54.31][01:08.51]We passed that summer lost in love, beneath the lemon tree,[01:14.42]The music of her laughter hid my father's words from me.[01:20.92][01:21.62]Chorus[01:23.38][01:59.81]She left me for another, it's a common tale but true,[02:04.77]A sadder man, but wiser now, I sing these words to you.[02:12.76][02:13.46]Chorus[02:14.51][02:39.82]Lemon tree Lemon tree[02:50.97]Lemon tree Lemon tree