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[Verse 1]

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I met a woman long ago
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Her hair the black that black can go
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Are you a teacher of the heart?
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Soft she answered no

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[Verse 2]

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I met a girl across the sea
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Her hair the gold that gold can be
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Are you a teacher of the heart?
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Yes, but not for thee

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[Verse 3]

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I met a man who lost his mind
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In some lost place I had to find
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Follow me the wise man said

But he walked behind

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[Verse 4]

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I walked into a hospital
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Where none was sick and none was well
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When at night the nurses left
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I could not walk at all

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[Verse 5]

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Morning came and then came noon
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Dinner time a scalpel blade
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Lay beside my silver spoon

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[Verse 6]

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Some girls wander by mistake
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Into the mess that scalpels make
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Are you the teachers of my heart?
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We teach old hearts to break

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[Verse 7]

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One morning I woke up alone
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The hospital and the nurses gone
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Have I carved enough my Lord?
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Child, you are a bone

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[Verse 8]

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I ate and ate and ate
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No I did not miss a plate, well
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How much do these suppers cost?
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We'll take it out in hate

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[Verse 9]

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I spent my hatred everyplace
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On every work on every face
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Someone gave me wishes
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And I wished for an embrace

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[Verse 10]

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Several girls embraced me, then
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I was embraced by men
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Is my passion perfect?
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No, do it once again

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[Verse 11]

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I was handsome I was strong
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I knew the words of every song
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Did my singing please you?
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No, the words you sang were wrong

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[Verse 12]

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Who is it whom I address
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Who takes down what I confess?
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Are you the teachers of my heart?
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We teach old hearts to rest

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[Verse 13]

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Oh teachers are my lessons done?
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I cannot do another one
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They laughed and laughed and said, Well child
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Are your lessons done?
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Are your lessons done?
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Are your lessons done?