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Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river,
You can
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hear the boats go by you can spend the night beside her,
And you
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know that she’s half crazy but that’s why you wanna be there,
And she
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feeds you tea and oranges that come
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all the way from China,
And just
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when you mean to tell her that you
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have no love to give her,
Then she
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gets you on her wavelength and she
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lets the river answer,
That you’ve
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always been her lover.
And you
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want to travel with her,
And you
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want to travel blind,
And you
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know that she will trust you,
For you’ve
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touched her perfect body with your m
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ind.
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And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water,
And he
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spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower,
And
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when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him,
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"all men will be sailors then unt
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il the sea shall free them",
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he himself was broken, long
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before the sky would open
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ken, almost human, he
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sank beneath your wisdom like a
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stone.
And you
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want to travel with him,
And you
A
want to travel blind,
And you
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think you maybe you’ll trust him,
For he’s tou
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ched your perfect body with her min
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d.
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Now Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river,
She is
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wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters,
And the s
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un pours down like honey on our lady of the harbor,
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hows you where to look among the g
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arbage and the flowers,
There are
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heroes in the seaweed, there are
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children in the morning,
They are
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leaning out for love and they will
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lean that way forever,
While Suz
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anne holds the mirror.
And you
G#M
want to travel with her,
And you
A
want to travel blind,
And you
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know that you can trust her,
For she’s t
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ouched your perfect body with her mi
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nd.
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