Lemon Tree - 区瑞强 (Albert Au)

When i was just a lad of ten my father said to me,

come here and learn a lesson from the lovely lemon tree

don't put your faith in love my boy" my father said to me,

I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely lemon tree

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

Beneath the lemon tree one day my love and i did a lie

A girl so sweet that when she smiled the sun rose in the sky

We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree

The music of her laughter hid my father's words from me:

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

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'd left me for another it's a common tale but true

A sadder man but wiser now i sing these words to you:

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat