Suzanne

Song Suzanne
Artist Leonard Cohen
Album Coffeehouse Classics Vol. 1

Lyrics

[00:11.720] Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
[00:17.500] You can hear the boats go by
[00:20.990] You can spend the night beside her
[00:24.320] And you know that she's half crazy
[00:28.120] But that's why you want to be there
[00:31.370] And she feeds you tea and oranges
[00:35.170] That come all the way from China
[00:38.110] And just when you mean to tell her
[00:42.350] That you have no love to give her
[00:45.780] Then she gets you on her wavelength
[00:49.750] That you've always been her lover
[00:53.190] And you want to travel with her
[01:03.180] And you want to travel blind
[01:06.800] And you know that she will trust you For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.
[01:14.730] And Jesus was a sailor
[01:23.530] When he walked upon the water
[01:27.400] And he spent a long time watchingFrom his lonely wooden tower
[01:34.010] And when he knew for certain
[01:38.070] Only drowning men could see him
[01:41.950] He said 'All men will be sailors then
[01:45.900] Until the sea shall free them'
[01:49.130] But he himself was broken
[01:52.000] Long before the sky would open
[01:55.620] Forsaken, almost human .He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
[02:04.200] And you want to travel with him
[02:13.300] And you want to travel blind.And you know
[02:16.600] that you can trust her.For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.
[02:25.910] Now Suzanne takes your hand
[02:34.320] And she leads you to the river
[02:38.640] She is wearing rags and feathers.From Salvation Army counters
[02:46.580] And the sun pours down like honey On our lady of the harbour
[02:52.820] And she shows you where to look
[02:56.800] Among the garbage and the flowers.There are heroes in the seaweed
[03:03.630] There are children in the morning
[03:06.750] They are leaning out for love.And they will lean that way forever
[03:13.480] While Suzanne holds the mirror
[03:18.100] And you want to travel with her
[03:24.990] And you want to travel blind
[03:27.460] And you know that you can trust her.For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.