Bm G |
I met a woman long ago |
Bm G |
Her hair the black that black can go |
Bm G |
Are you a teacher of the heart? |
Bm |
Soft she answered no |
Bm G |
I met a girl across the sea |
Bm G |
Her hair the gold that gold can be |
Bm G |
Are you a teacher of the heart? |
Bm |
Yes, but not for thee |
Bm G |
I met a man who lost his mind |
Bm G |
In some lost place I had to find |
Bm G Bm |
Follow me the wise man said |
Bm |
But he walked behind |
Bm G |
I walked into a hospital |
Bm G |
Where none was sick and none was well |
Bm G |
When at night the nurses left |
Bm |
I could not walk at all |
Bm G |
Morning came and then came noon |
Bm G |
Dinner time a scalpel blade |
Bm G Bm |
Lay beside my silver spoon |
Bm G |
Some girls wander by mistake |
Bm G |
Into the mess that scalpels make |
Bm G |
Are you the teachers of my heart? |
Bm |
We teach old hearts to break |
Bm G |
One morning I woke up alone |
Bm G |
The hospital and the nurses gone |
Bm G |
Have I carved enough my Lord? |
Bm |
Child, you are a bone |
Bm G |
I ate and ate and ate |
Bm G |
No I did not miss a plate, well |
Bm G |
How much do these suppers cost? |
Bm |
We'll take it out in hate |
Bm G |
I spent my hatred everyplace |
Bm G |
On every work on every face |
Bm G |
Someone gave me wishes |
Bm |
And I wished for an embrace |
Bm G |
Several girls embraced me |
Bm G |
Then I was embraced by men |
Bm G |
Is my passion perfect? |
Bm |
No, do it once again |
Bm G |
I was handsome, I was strong |
Bm G |
I knew the words of every song |
Bm G |
Did my singing please you? |
Bm |
No, the words you sang were wrong |
Bm G |
Who is it whom I address |
Bm G |
Who takes down what I confess? |
Bm G |
Are you the teachers of my heart? |
Bm |
We teach old hearts to rest |
Bridge: |
Bm Bm Bm Bm x4 |
Bm G |
Oh teachers are my lessons done? |
Bm G |
I cannot do another one |
Bm G |
They laughed and laughed and said, Well child |
Bm |
Are your lessons done? |
Bm |
Are your lessons done? |
Bm |
Are your lessons done? |
Ending: |
Bm Bm Bm Bm x4 |