SUZANNE

Leonard Cohen

Suzanne takes you down

to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by

You can spend the night beside her
and you know she's half crazy

But that's why you wanna be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China

and just when you mean to tell her
that you have no love to give her
then she gets you in her wavelength

and she lets the river answer
that you've always been her lover

And you want to travel with her
and you want to travel blind

and you know she will trust you
for you've touched her perfect body
with your mind

And Jesus was a sailor
when he walked upon the water

and he spent a long time watching
from his lonely woodden tower

and when he knew for certain
only drowing men could see him
he said 'All men will be sailors

then until the sea shall free them'
but he himself was broken
long before the sky would open

foresaken almost human
he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

And you want to travel with him
and you want to travel blind

and you think may be you'll trust him
for he's touched your perfect body
with his mind

Now Suzanne takes your hand
she leads you to the river
she is wearing rags and feathers

from Salvation Army counter
and the sun pours down like honey

on our lady of the harbour
and she shows you where to look
among the garbage and the flowers

There are heroes in the seaweed
there are children in the morning

They are leaning out for love
they will lean that way forever
while Suzanne holds the mirror

And you want to travel with her
and you want to travel blind

and you know you can trust her
for she's touched your perfect body
with her mind

MIDI file sequenced by Vincenzo Palleschi
Lyrics entered with EasyKar (c) 1996 V. Palleschi
e-mail: vince@risc.ifam.pi.cnr.it

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