Kingston Trio - Lemon Tree lyrics

When I was just a little boy, my father said to me, "Come here and learn a lesson from the lovely lemon tree. My son, it's most important" my father said to me, "To put your faith in what you feel and not in what you see." [Chorus: x2] Lemon tree, very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet, But the fruit of the poor lemon is a thing one cannot eat. Beneath that Lemon Tree one day, my love and I did lie. A girl so sweet that when she smiled, the sun rose in the sky. We pa**ed the summer lost in love beneath the Lemon Tree. The music of her laughter hid my father's words from me. [Chorus: x2] One day she left without a word. She took away the sun and in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done. She left me for another. It's a common tale but true. A sadder man but wiser now, I sing these words to you. [Chorus: x2]