Leonard Cohen - Suzanne

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0Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river 
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1You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night beside her 
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2And you know that she's half-crazy, but that's why you wanna be there 
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3And she feeds you tea & oranges that come all the way from China 
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4And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her 
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5Then she gets you on her wavelength & she lets the river answer 
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6That you've always been her lover 
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8And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind 
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9And you know that she will trust you, 
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10For you've touched her perfect body with your mind 
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12And Jesus was a sailor, when he walked upon the water 
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13And he spent a long time watching, from his lonely wooden tower 
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14And when he knew for certain, only drowning men could see him 
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15he said 'All men will be sailors then, until the sea shall free them 
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16But he himself was broken, long before the sky would open 
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17Forsaken, almost human, he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone 
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19And you want to travel with him, and you want to travel blind 
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20And you think maybe you'll trust him 
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21For he's touched your perfect body with his mind. 
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23Now Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river 
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24She is wearing rags and feathers, from Salvation Army counters 
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25And the sun pours down like honey, on our lady of the harbour 
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26And she shows you where to look, among the garbage and the flowers 
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27There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning 
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28They are leaning out for love, and they will lean that way forever 
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29While Suzanne holds the mirror 
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31And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind 
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32And you know that you can trust her, 
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33For she's touched your perfect body with her mind 
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