Teachers

Capo 2nd fret 
 
Intro: Am 
 
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I met a woman long ago 
     Am                   F 
Her hair the black that black can go 
     Am           F 
Are you a teacher of the heart? 
 Am 
Soft she answered no 
 
I met a girl across the sea 
Her hair the gold that gold can be 
Are you a teacher of the heart? 
Yes, but not for thee 
 
I met a man who lost his mind 
In some lost place I had to find 
Follow me the wise man said 
But he walked behind 
 
I walked into a hospital 
Where none was sick and none was well 
When at night the nurses left 
I could not walk at all 
 
Morning came and then came noon 
Dinner time a scalpel blade 
Lay beside my silver spoon 
 
Some girls wander by mistake 
Into the mess that scalpels make 
Are you the teachers of my heart? 
We teach old hearts to break 
 
One morning I woke up alone 
The hospital and the nurses gone 
Have I carved enough my Lord? 
Child, you are a bone 
 
I ate and ate and ate 
No I did not miss a plate, well 
How much do these suppers cost? 
We‘ll take it out in hate 
 
I spent my hatred everyplace 
On every work on every face 
Someone gave me wishes 
And I wished for an embrace 
 
Several girls embraced me 
Then I was embraced by men 
Is my passion perfect? 
No, do it once again 
 
I was handsome, I was strong 
I knew the words of every song 
Did my singing please you? 
No, the words you sang were wrong 
 
Who is it whom I address 
Who takes down what I confess? 
Are you the teachers of my heart? 
We teach old hearts to rest 
 
Oh teachers are my lessons done? 
I cannot do another one 
They laughed and laughed and said, Well child 
Are your lessons done? 
Are your lessons done? 
Are your lessons done? 
 
 
 
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