Cohen Leonard Tennessee Waltz Lyrics

Tennessee Waltz Lyrics

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

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

I met a man who lost his mind
in
some lost place I had to find,
follow me the wise man said,
but he walked
behind.

I walked into a hospital
where none was sick and none was
well,
when at night the nurses left
I could not walk at
all.

Morning came and then came noon,
dinner time a scalpel
blade
lay beside my silver spoon.
Some girls wander by mistake
into
the mess that scalpels make.
Are you the teachers of my heart?
We teach
old hearts to break.

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

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

I spent my
hatred everyplace,
on every work on every face,
someone gave me
wishes
and I wished for an embrace.

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

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

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

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