Wailin' Jennys Cherry Blossom Love
She waited under wildwood, under maple and pine
Wondering when her cherry blossom love would arrive
He once was a young man in love with a girl like me
They’d sit alone together under a cherry blossom tree
Time would turn their sunny day like magic into dusk
A single moment suddenly a year passed by in love
But then he was gone
He was gone
She searched for him then sat beneath their tree and
sang this song
I’ll wait for your return my love under our cherry
blossom tree
And if you cannot meet me there I’ll try another tree
I’ll sit beneath a hemlock
I’ll sit below a pine
I’ll sit under the peach tree where you told me you
were mine
I’ll wait for you through winter when all the leaves
have died
I’ll wait for you to come to me with snow tears in my
eyes
All is gone from me today and till the end of time
Her hair grew gray and blossoms layered her body like a
vine
The blossoms planted seeds and cherries fell across her
chest
They covered the ground around and muffled her request
The Cherry lady laden with the saddest fruit to bear
The sweetest juice left bitter proof of love’s
uncertain care
Cause he was gone
He was gone
She searched for him then sat beneath their tree and
sang this song
I’ll wait for your return my love under our cherry
blossom tree
and if you cannot meet me there I’ll never ever be free
