Soft Summer Serenade
The lemon tree is heavy and the shutters need a coat,
the neighbour's cat comes over and she sits like she's a guest.
The estate agent says it shows beautifully
in the light.
Sold, sold — what a beautiful day
to be sold.
Sold, sold — what a beautiful day.
Grandmother planted the jasmine in the year of the flood,
it's grown across the doorway now,
you have to duck to come in.
The young couple loved it.
They said they'd take it
out.
Sold,
sold — what a beautiful day to be sold.
Sold, sold —
what a beautiful day.
Leave the keys under the pot.
She'll
know where. She always knew
where.