Lemon Boy

	  		
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There once was a bitter-sweet man and they called him Lemon Boy 
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He was growing in my garden and I pulled him out by his hair, like a weed 
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And like weeds do he only came and grew back again 
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So I figured this time I might as well let him be 
 
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Lemon Boy and me started to get along together 
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I'll help him plant his seeds and we'd mow the lawn in bad weather 
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It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him 
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So I got myself a citrus friend
 

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But soon his bitter-sweet started to rub off on me 
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You'd think smelling like lemon zest would be pretty neat 
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I found out that my friends were more of the savory type 
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And they weren't too keen with compromising with a nice lemon pie 

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So Lemon Boy and me, we just got to get along together 
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I helped him plant his seeds and we'd mow the lawn in bad weather 
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It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him 
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So I got myself a citrus friend
 

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But what if I run out of fertilizer? 
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What if the clouds run out of rain? 
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What if Lemon Boy won't grow no longer? 
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What if beaches dry of sugar cane? Oh well, 
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The whales start to beach themselves 
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Tortoise shells tear away from their spines 
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It happens all the time 
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It happens all the time 

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Lemon Boy and I, we're gonna live forever 
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Like Snufkin and Little My, we'll get around wherever 
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Lemon Boy and I, we're gonna live forever 
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Like Snufkin and Little My, we'll get around wherever 
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It's actually pretty easy being nice to a bitter boy like him 
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Cause we're the bitterest boys in town 
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Yeah we're the bitterest guys around 
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and I've got myself a citrus friend 

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