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Artist: Cat Stevens
Canonical path: /cat-stevens/the-laughing-apple
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The Laughing Apple
Read The Laughing Apple lyrics by Cat Stevens on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Laughing Apple
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Slowly let me tell you a story of a tree
An apple tree
Once in a summertime garden lived a little apple tree
And the man who owned it wanted it to be picked
So he sent forth to hire me
Well, I've travelled the mountains, and I've travelled the sea
But never in my travelling days
Have I ever seen a little apple smile at me!
So laugh, oh laugh a little apple
Autumn is waitin', you'd better be careful
And it will bring you down
If it ever sees you wearing a frown
So laugh, laugh a little apple
Well all the apples were hidin'
Frightened that they might be plucked
And everytime somebody passed
All except that one little apple ducked
Well, I've travelled the mountains, and I've travelled the sea
But never in my travelling days
Have I ever seen a little apple smile at me!
Laugh, oh laugh a little apple
Autumn is waitin', you'd better be careful
And it will bring you down
If it ever sees you wearing a frown
So laugh, laugh a little apple
Laugh, oh laugh a little apple
Autumn is waitin', you'd better be careful
And it will bring you down
If it ever sees you wearing a frown
So laugh, laugh a little apple
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Cat Stevens performs "The Laughing Apple", and this lyric page sits inside the Cat Stevens catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to 18th Avenue (Kansas City Nightmare) and Better Bring Another Bottle Baby with a short reason for opening each page next.
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