[Verse]
On every tree there sits a bird,
  singing a song of love
On every tree there sits a bird,
  and ev'ryone I ever heard
Could break my heart without a word
  singing a song of love
 
[Refrain]
A song of love is a sad song,
  Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
A song of love is a song of woe,
  don't ask me how I know

A song of love is a sad song,
  for I have loved and it's so
I sit at the window and watch the rain,
  Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
Tomorrow I'll probably love again,
  Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo

(repeat Refrain)

[extra lyrics]
A tear for him, a tear for me, A tear for the love he swore
A tear for him and one for me, and one for under the cedar tree
And one for where ever my love my be, and then I shall weep no more

A song of love is a sad song, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
A song of love is a song of woe, don't ask me how I know
A song of love is a sad song, for I have loved and it's so
I sit at the window and watch the rain, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
Tomorrow i'll probably love again, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo