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 turned out right Well, that's the way it is with love And what you did to me I wrote it so that you'd know that I Was yours eternally But these 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 These 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 tears away No need to talk, for if the chalk Should write those words again They will be for someone else Not things that might have been But these 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 These tears have washed 'I love you' From the blackboard of my heart