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 the cherry blossom tree
Time would turn their sunny day
Like magic into dusk
A single moment: suddenly, a year passed by in love

Then he was gone
Oh, 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 the 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

Well, all is gone from me today and until the end of time
Her hair grew gray then blossoms layered her body like a vine
The blossoms planted seeds and cherries fell across her chest
They covered the ground around her then 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
Oh, 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, never be free-ee

Cherry blossom tree