Suzanne

Suzanne takes you down

To a place by the river

You can see the boats go by

You could 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 takes you in her arms

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 think you'll maybe trust her

'Cause she's touched you

And she's moved you

And she's kind

Jesus was a sailor

When he walked up the water

He spent a long time watching

From a 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"

He Himself was broken

Long before the sky was open;

Forsaken, almost human

He sank beneath your wisdom like a star

And you want to travel with Him

And you want to travel blind

And you think you'll maybe trust Him

'Cause He's touched you

And He's moved you

And He's kind

Suzanne takes your hand

And she leads you to the river

She's wearing rags and feathers

From Salvation Army counters

And the sun shines down in full

On our lady of the harbor

And she shows you where to look

Beneath the garbage and the flowers

There are heroes in the seaweed

There are children in the morning

And you want to travel with her

And you want to travel blind

And you think you'll maybe trust her

'Cause she's touched you

And she's moved you

And she's kind