[00:15.27]I met a woman long ago
[00:17.69]her hair the black that black can go,
[00:20.77]Are you a teacher of the heart?
[00:23.45]Soft she answered no.
[00:28.91]I met a girl across the sea,
[00:31.54]her hair the gold that gold can be,
[00:34.27]Are you a teacher of the heart?
[00:37.31]Yes, but not for thee.
[00:41.30]I met a man who lost his mind
[00:43.78]in some lost place I had to find,
[00:45.70]follow me the wise man said,
[00:49.13]but he walked behind.
[00:54.45]I walked into a hospital
[00:56.78]where none was sick and none was well,
[00:59.80]when at night the nurses left
[01:02.08]I could not walk at all.
[01:06.48]Morning came and then came noon,
[01:09.36]dinner time a scalpel blade
[01:11.47]lay beside my silver spoon.
[01:16.93]Some girls wander by mistake
[01:19.27]into the mess that scalpels make.
[01:21.08]Are you the teachers of my heart?
[01:24.47]We teach old hearts to break.
[01:29.68]One morning I woke up alone,
[01:32.36]the hospital and the nurses gone.
[01:35.24]Have I carved enough my Lord?
[01:37.52]Child, you are a bone.
[01:42.63]I ate and ate and ate,
[01:44.69]no I did not miss a plate, well
[01:48.09]How much do these suppers cost?
[01:50.47]We'll take it out in hate.
[01:54.26]I spent my hatred everyplace,
[01:56.95]on every work on every face,
[01:59.73]someone gave me wishes
[02:01.82]and I wished for an embrace.
[02:06.37]Several girls embraced me, then
[02:09.04]I was embraced by men,
[02:11.52]Is my passion perfect?
[02:13.80]No, do it once again.
[02:18.06]I was handsome I was strong,
[02:20.23]I knew the words of every song.
[02:23.11]Did my singing please you?
[02:25.08]No, the words you sang were wrong.
[02:30.64]Who is it whom I address,
[02:33.33]who takes down what I confess?
[02:36.25]Are you the teachers of my heart?
[02:42.27]We teach old hearts to rest.
[02:44.95]Oh teachers are my lessons done?
[02:45.91]I cannot do another one.
[02:47.34]They laughed and laughed and said, Well child,
[02:50.52]are your lessons done?
[02:53.91]are your lessons done?
[02:57.80]are your lessons done?