[00:01.49]Teachers[00:02.13]Leonard Cohen[00:02.83][00:04.00][00:09.00][00:10.27]I met a woman long ago[00:12.55]her hair the black that black can go,[00:15.12]Are you a teacher of the heart?[00:17.58]Soft she answered no.[00:19.09][00:22.31]I met a girl across the sea,[00:24.76]her hair the gold that gold can be,[00:27.69]Are you a teacher of the heart?[00:30.38]Yes, but not for thee.[00:31.96][00:34.48]I met a man who lost his mind[00:36.94]in some lost place I had to find,[00:39.52]follow me the wise man said,[00:42.38]but he walked behind.[00:43.82][00:46.84]I walked into a hospital[00:49.23]where none was sick and none was well,[00:51.79]when at night the nurses left[00:54.30]I could not walk at all.[00:56.42][00:59.29]Morning came and then came noon,[01:01.56]dinner time a scalpel blade[01:03.86]lay beside my silver spoon.[01:06.76][01:10.14]Some girls wander by mistake[01:12.42]into the mess that scalpels make.[01:14.81]Are you the teachers of my heart?[01:17.17]We teach old hearts to break.[01:19.34][01:22.15]One morning I woke up alone,[01:24.43]the hospital and the nurses gone.[01:27.10]Have I carved enough my Lord?[01:29.55]Child, you are a bone.[01:31.03][01:34.23]I ate and ate and ate,[01:36.43]no I did not miss a plate, well[01:39.23]How much do these suppers cost?[01:41.58]We'll take it out in hate.[01:43.56][01:46.46]I spent my hatred everyplace,[01:48.97]on every work on every face,[01:51.41]someone gave me wishes[01:53.68]and I wished for an embrace.[01:55.75][01:58.85]Several girls embraced me, then[02:01.19]I was embraced by men,[02:03.87]Is my passion perfect?[02:05.69]No, do it once again.[02:07.47][02:11.23]I was handsome I was strong,[02:13.23]I knew the words of every song.[02:15.65]Did my singing please you?[02:17.72]No, the words you sang were wrong.[02:19.68][02:23.34]Who is it whom I address,[02:25.31]who takes down what I confess?[02:27.68]Are you the teachers of my heart?[02:30.07]We teach old hearts to rest.[02:32.45][02:35.01]Oh teachers are my lessons done?[02:37.19]I cannot do another one.[02:39.57]They laughed and laughed and said, Well child,[02:42.27]are your lessons done?[02:46.10]are your lessons done?[02:49.82]are your lessons done?[02:57.00][02:58.00][03:00.00]