Suzanne

Suzanne takes you down

To her place by the river

You can hear the boats go by

You can spend the night forever

And you know that she's half crazy

And 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

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 know that she will trust you

Oh, you touched her perfect body with your mind, yeah

Now Jesus was a sailor

When he walked upon the water

And he spent a long time watching

From his lonely wooden tower

And when he knew for certain

Only drowning men could see him

He said, "All men will be sailors then

Until the sea shall free them," yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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

'Cause you think maybe you can trust him

'Cause he's touched your perfect body with his mind, yeah

Now Suzanne takes your hand

And she leads you to the river

She is wearing rags and feathers

From Salvation Army counters

And the sun pours down like honey

On our lady of the harbor

And she shows you where to look

Between the garbage and the flowers

There are heroes in the seaweed

There are children in the mornin'

They are leanin', leanin' 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

'Cause you think maybe you can can trust her

She's touched your perfect body with her mind