Suzanne Lyrics - Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river 

You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever 

And you know that she's half-crazy but 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 

Then he 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 

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 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 

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 you maybe you'll trust him 

For he's touched your perfect body with her mind 

Now, 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 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 wil lean that way forever 

While Suzanne holds her mirror 

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

And you know that you can trust her 

For she's touched your perfect body with her mind