Suzanne - Leonard Cohen

Suzanne takes you down
to her 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 wave-lenght
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 that you can trust her,
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 woodentower.
And when he know for certain,
only drowning men could see him,
He said: "All men shall be sailors, 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 him
and you want to travel blind.
And you think maybe you trust him,
for he´s touched your perfect body,
With his mind.

Suzanne takes you down,
to her place by the river.
You can hear the boats go by,
you can spend the night forever.
(Alt.
Now Suzanne takes your hand,
and leads you to the river.
She´s wearing rags and feathers
from Salvation Army counters)
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.
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 maybe you´ll trust her,
for you´ve touched her perfect body,
With your mind.