Suzanne

Suzanne takes you down

To a place by the river

You can hear the boats go by

Spend the night forever

You know she's half crazy

But that's why you wanna be there

She feeds you tea and oranges

That came all the way from China

And just when you want 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

You wanna travel with her

But you think maybe you'll trust her

She's touched your perfect body with her mind

Jesus was a sailor

When he walked upon the water

He spent a long time

Watching from a lonely wooden tower

And when He knew for certain

That only drowning men could see Him

He said, "All men shall be sailors then

Until the sea shall free them"

But He Himself was broken

Long before the sky would open

He was forsaken, almost human

He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

But you wanna travel with Him

And you think maybe you'll trust Him

For He's touched your perfect body with His mind

Suzanne takes you down

To the place by the river

She's wearing rags and feathers

From Salvation Army's counters

And the sun pours down like honey

On our lady of the harbor

And she shows you where to look

Amid the garbage and the flowers

There are heroes in the river

Children in the morning

They are leaning out for love

They will lean that way for ever

While Suzanne holds the mirror

But you wanna travel with her

And you think maybe you'll trust her

She's touched your perfect body with her mind

Suzanne takes you down

To a place by the river