LEONARD COHEN - Suzanne lyrics

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Suzanne takes you down to her place newer the river<br>You can hear the boats go by<br>You can spend the night beside her<br>And you know that she's half crazy<br>But that's why you want to be there<br>And she feeds you tea and oranges<br>That come all the way from china<br>And just when you mean to tell her<br>That you have no love to give her<br>Then she gets you on her wavelength<br>And she lets the river answer<br>That you've always been her lover<br>And you want to travel with her<br>And you want to travel blind<br>And you know that she will trust you<br>For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.<br><br>And jesus was a sailor<br>When he walked upon the water<br>And he spent a long time watching<br>From his lonely wooden tower<br>And when he knew for certain<br>Only drowning men could see him<br>He said 'all men will be sailors then<br>Until the sea shall free them'<br>But he himself was broken<br>Long before the sky would open<br>Forsaken, almost human<br>He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone<br>And you want to travel with him<br>And you want to travel blind<br>And you think maybe you'll trust him<br>For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.<br><br>Now suzanne takes you hand<br>And she leads you to the river<br>She is wearing rags and feathers<br>From salvation army counters<br>And the sun pours down like honey<br>On our lady of the harbour<br>And she shows you where to look<br>Among the garbage and the flowers<br>There are heroes in the seaweed<br>There are children in the morning<br>They are leaning out for love<br>And they will lean that way forever<br>While suzanne holds the mirror<br>And you want to travel with her<br>And you want to travel blind<br>And you know that she will trust you<br>For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.