Teachers-Leonard Cohen

[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?