Suzanne Lyrics - Nick Cave

Suzanne takes you down 

To her place near the river 

You can see the boats go by 

And you can spend the night forever 

And you know 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 Jesus was a sailor 

When He walked upon the water 

And He spent a long time watching 

From a lonely wooden tower 

Yes, and when He knew for certain 

Only drowning men could see Him 

He said, all men will be sailors then 

Until the seas free them 

But He, Himself was broken 

Long before the sky would open 

Forsaken and 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'll trust him 

'Cause He's touched your perfect body with His mind 

Suzanne takes your hand 

And she leads you besides the water 

She is wearing rags, feathers 

From Salvation Army counters 

And the sun pours down like honey 

On our lady of the harbor 

She shows you where to look 

Between 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 

You want to travel with her 

And you want to travel blind 

And you think maybe you can trust her 

'Cause she's touched your perfect body with her mind