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Suzanne takes you down
To a place by the river,
You can hear the boats go by,
You can spend the night beside her,
And you know that she's half crazy,
And that's why you want to 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,
She gets you on 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 think you'll maybe trust her
For she's touched your perfect body,
With her mind.
And Jesus was a sailor
When He walked upon the water,
And He spent a long time watching
From a lonely wooden tower,
And when He knew for certain
Only drowning men could see Him
He said, "All men shall be brothers, then,
Until the sea shall free them",
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open,
Forsaken, almost human,
He sank beneath your wisdom
Like a stone.
And you want to travel with her,
And you want to travel blind,
And you think you'll maybe trust her
For she's touched your perfect body,
With her mind.
Suzanne takes you down
To her place by the river,
You can hear the boats go by,
You can spend the night forever,
And the sun pours down like honey,
On our lady of the harbor,
And she shows you where to look
Amid the garbage and the flowers,
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning,
They are leaning out for love
And 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 think you'll maybe trust her
For she's touched her perfect body,
With your mind.
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