LEMON TREE
"Lemon Tree" is a song by German pop band Fool's Garden from the album Dish of the
Day, which was released as a single in 1995 and became a major international hit in
1996. The single reached number 26 in the UK charts and remained at number 1 for
several weeks in Germany. It also reached number 1 in Ireland, where Dustin the Turkey
recorded a parody called "Christmas Tree".
1. Read the lyrics and complete the song with the words from the box in the Present Continuous tense. They may
be used more than once. Then listen and check.
drive hang sit step turn wait waste
I _______________ (1) here in the boring room
It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon I _______________ (15) here
I _______________ (2) my time I miss the power
I got nothing to do I'd like to go out taking a shower
I _______________ (3) around But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I _______________ (4) for you I feel so tired
But nothing ever happens and I wonder Put myself into bed
Well, nothing ever happens and I wonder
I _______________ (5) around in my car
I _______________ (6) too fast Isolation is not good for me
I _______________ (7) too far Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree
I'd like to change my point of view
I feel so lonely I _______________ (16) around in the desert of joy
I _______________ (8) for you Baby anyhow I'll get another toy
But nothing ever happens and I wonder And everything will happen and you wonder
Chorus Repeat Chorus
I wonder how And I wonder, wonder
I wonder why I wonder how
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky I wonder why
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
I _______________ (9) my head up and down And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and all that
I _______________ (10)_______________ (11) I can see
_______________ (12) _______________ (13) Is just a yellow lemon-tree
_______________ (14) around
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
2. Find words and phrases in the song that correspond to these definitions.
1. _______________ to spend time in a certain place or in certain company
2. _______________ to think, to doubt
3. _______________ an opinion or attitude
4. _______________ to spend time uselessly
5. _______________ a dry, sandy area with extreme temperature and few plants
6. _______________ happiness
Answers
Exercise 1
I'm sitting (1) here in the boring room
It's just another rainy Sunday afternoon I'm sitting (15) here
I'm wasting (2) my time I miss the power
I got nothing to do I'd like to go out taking a shower
I'm hanging (3) around But there's a heavy cloud inside my head
I'm waiting (4) for you I feel so tired
But nothing ever happens and I wonder Put myself into bed
Well, nothing ever happens and I wonder
I'm driving (5) around in my car
I'm driving (6) too fast Isolation is not good for me
I'm driving (7) too far Isolation I don't want to sit on the lemon-tree
I'd like to change my point of view
I feel so lonely I'm steppin' (16) around in the desert of joy
I'm waiting (8) for you Baby anyhow I'll get another toy
But nothing ever happens and I wonder And everything will happen and you wonder
Chorus Repeat Chorus
I wonder how And I wonder, wonder
I wonder why I wonder how
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky I wonder why
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
I'm turning (9) my head up and down And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and all that
I'm turning (10) turning (11) turning (12) turning (13) I can see
turning (14) around Is just a yellow lemon-tree
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
Exercise 2
1. To hang around
2. To wonder
3. Point of view
4. To waste ones time
5. Desert
6. Joy
