Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
I'm sitting here in the boring room
It's just another rainy sunday afternoon
I'm wasting my time
I've got nothing to do
I'm hanging around, I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens
And I wonder
I'm driving around in my car
I'm driving to fast, I'm driving to far
I'd like to change my point of view
I feel so lonely, I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens
And I wonder
I wonder how, I wonder why
Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turnin' turnin' turnin' turnin' turnin' around
And all that I can see is just another lemon tree
Sing
Da da da da da di rub da
da ra ra ra di rub da
da ra ra ra du rub da
dab di di dum
I'm sitting here I missed the part
I'd like to go out taking a shawl?
But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I feel so tired put myself into bed
Well nothing ever happens
And I wonder
Isolation
Is not good for me
Isolation
I don't want to sit on a lemon tree
I'm stepping around in the desert of joy
Maybe any how I'll get another toy
And everything will happen
And you wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just another lemon tree
I'm turning my head up and down(aaaaaaaahhhh aaaahhh)
I'm turnin' turnin' turnin' turnin' turnin' around (aaaaaahhh aaaaahhhh)
And all that I can see is just another lemon tree
And I wonder, wonder
I wonder how (aaaahhh aaaahh)
I wonder why (aaaahhh aaaahh)
Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky
And all that I can see (dub dub dub)
And all that I can see
Dub Dub Dub
And all that I can see
Is just a yellow lemon tree.
It's just another rainy sunday afternoon
I'm wasting my time
I've got nothing to do
I'm hanging around, I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens
And I wonder
I'm driving around in my car
I'm driving to fast, I'm driving to far
I'd like to change my point of view
I feel so lonely, I'm waiting for you
But nothing ever happens
And I wonder
I wonder how, I wonder why
Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree
I'm turning my head up and down
I'm turnin' turnin' turnin' turnin' turnin' around
And all that I can see is just another lemon tree
Sing
Da da da da da di rub da
da ra ra ra di rub da
da ra ra ra du rub da
dab di di dum
I'm sitting here I missed the part
I'd like to go out taking a shawl?
But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I feel so tired put myself into bed
Well nothing ever happens
And I wonder
Isolation
Is not good for me
Isolation
I don't want to sit on a lemon tree
I'm stepping around in the desert of joy
Maybe any how I'll get another toy
And everything will happen
And you wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just another lemon tree
I'm turning my head up and down(aaaaaaaahhhh aaaahhh)
I'm turnin' turnin' turnin' turnin' turnin' around (aaaaaahhh aaaaahhhh)
And all that I can see is just another lemon tree
And I wonder, wonder
I wonder how (aaaahhh aaaahh)
I wonder why (aaaahhh aaaahh)
Yesterday you told me about the blue blue sky
And all that I can see (dub dub dub)
And all that I can see
Dub Dub Dub
And all that I can see
Is just a yellow lemon tree.
Lyrics submitted by lookinto_theair
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Blind meon doesn't even sing this... it's a fool's garden song...not blind melon deffinately!
i know rite but they sound like BLindlemonn thouhg!
It doesn't sound like them at all. Great song, but just not Blind Melon.
anyone who thinks this band sounds like blind melon clearly can't tell the difference between american and british accents. i find that odd, anybody else?
i didnt think this was blind melon! downloaded it on limewire with it saying so but i didnt think it sounded like shannon... still a good song though
There are some verbs which are repeated more than twice in Lemon Tree. How does it influence the tone of the song?