The German band Fool’s Garden was founded in 1991 by guitarist Volker Hinkel and singer Peter Freudenthaler. They made 7 albums together, and since 2003 they produce music under their own label.
Their last album, Ready For The Real Life, was released in 2005, while their single “I Got A Ticket“ made its debut at the 2006 World football championship in Germany.
I’m sitting here in the boring room
It’s just another rainy Sunday afternoon
I’m wasting my time
I 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 too fast
I’m driving too 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 ’bout 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 turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
I’m sitting here
I miss the power
I’d like to go out taking a shower
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 the lemon-tree
I’m steppin’ around in the desert of joy
Baby anyhow I’ll get another toy
And everything will happen and you wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me ’bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just another lemon-tree
I’m turning my head up and down
I’m turning turning turning turning turning around
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon-tree
And I wonder, wonder
I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me ’bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see, and all that I can see, and all that I can see
Is just a yellow lemon-tree
(Fool’s Garden, “Lemon Tree” in Dish of the Day, 1995, Intercord)
Recommended books
Speaking of Lemon Trees, Sandy Tolan’s romance is much more engrossing.
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East was published by Highbridge Audio in May of 2006. The book tells the story of a Jewish woman named Dalia, and Bashir, an Arab man. It is set at the centre of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone, with a lemon tree as backdrop to the events… Enjoy reading it!
