Suzanne

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 that 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 sea... 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 maybe you'll trust Him 'Cause He's touched your perfect body with his mind Suzanne takes your hand And she leads you beside the water She is wearing rags and feathers From the 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