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Artist: Leonard Cohen Album: Folk, Gospel & Blues: Will The Circle Be Unbroken Originally released: 1999 |
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 want
to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges that came all the way
from China
And just when you want 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
[Chorus]
And you want to travel with her and you want to travel blind
And you think you maybe trust her 'cause 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 his lonely wooden
tower
And when he knew 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
Cause he's
Suzanne takes your hand and she 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
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'll lean that way
forever
While Suzanne holds her mirror
And you want to travel with her
Cause you've touched her perfect body with your mind
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 want
to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges that came all the way
from China
And just when you want 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
[Chorus]
And you want to travel with her and you want to travel blind
And you think you maybe trust her 'cause 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 his lonely wooden
tower
And when he knew 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
Cause he's
Suzanne takes your hand and she 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
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'll lean that way
forever
While Suzanne holds her mirror
And you want to travel with her
Cause you've touched her perfect body with your mind
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Written by: LEFEVRE, JIM
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