Rick ... he didn't write that song ...
BLACKBOARD OF MY HEART
DLS 1-8-02
WORDS AND MUSIC BY LYLE GASTON AND HANK THOMPSON.
RECORDED BY HANK THOMPSON- 1955
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WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND WENT TO SCHOOL,
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.
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.
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.
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.
