Public Affection - The Hands Of A Teacher

optimism,
optimism perished from the face
of my earth
and then you came along, came
along and swept me away,
she kissed me, as we stood on the
edge,
the night made the day as we
made for the bridge
it started raining hard, and i saw
we may live to regret
no i never really understood
no i never really understood why,
because i've never been given,
never been given two tries,
no i never really understood,
understood why...
pessimism,
pessimism perished from the face
of my earth,
and then you came along, came
along and swept me away,
did you miss me? did you miss
me as we walked
through the pain, attached the
chain so you could
see me again
i started asking myself, did i teach
you right?
no i never really understood
no i never really understood why,
because i've never been given,
never been given two tries,
no i never really understood,
understood why...
understood why...
you came to me, you broke the
bonds,
you set me free
and then the love that you
promised me
came a tumblin' tumblin' tumblin'
down
into my hands...
no i never really understood
no i never really understood why,
because i've never been given,
never been given two tries,
no i never really understood,
understood why...
so teacher teach me...