They taught me how to write
 To take the chalk and make a mark
 And hope it turns out right
 Well that's the way it is with love
 And what you did to me
 I wrote it so you'd know
 That I was yours eternally

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 But my tears have washed I love you
 From the blackboard of my heart
 It's too late to clean the slate
 And make another start
 I'm satisfied the way things are
 Although we're far apart
 My tears have washed I love you from
 The blackboard of my heart

 If you'd been true the way you should
 And not have gone astray
 These tears would not have fallen down
 And washed the words away
 No need to talk, 'cause if the chalk
 Should write those words again It will be for someone else
 Not things that might have been

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