Tell the sun not to rise in the morning
Tell the rose not to sparkle with dew
Ask a dove not to sing
All so lonesome in the spring
But don't expect me to stop loving you
Ask a breeze not to sigh in the willow
Tell the moon not to rise in the morning
Tell the skies not to be quite so blue
Ask a river not to run
Hide the moon or stop the sun
But don't expect me to stop loving you
You're asking me
To stop loving you
Forget you
And guess I should
Since you've forgotten me
But can a brook
Forget how to murmur
Or an oak
How to be a tree
Tell the grass
Not to grow after shower
Tell the world
Not to look fresh and new
Ask whatever else you will
It might even be fulfilled
But don't expect
Me to stop loving you
And guess I should
Since you've forgotten me
But can a brook
Forget how to murmur
Or an oak
How to be a tree

Forget how to murmur
Ask whatever else you will
You're asking me to forget you
And guess I should since you've forgotten me
But can a brook forget how to murmur
Or an oak how to be a tree
Tell the grass not to grow after showers
Tell the world not to grow after showers

Tell the world not to look fresh and new
Ask whatever else you will
It might even be fulfilled
But don't expect me to stop loving you
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