Suzanne takes you down

To her place by the river

You can hear the boats go by

You can spend the night forever

And you know the girl's half crazy

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 want to tell her

That you have no love to give her

She gets you on her wavelength

And 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 watchin'

From a lonely wooden tower

And when he knew for certain

Only drownin' men could see him

He said all men are sailors, then

Until' the sea shall 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 wanna travel with him

Ahh, you wanna travel blind

And you think that you might trust him

For he's touched your perfect body with his mind Suzanne takes you down

To her place by the river

And you can hear the boats that go by

You can spend the night forever

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 seaweed

There are children in the morning

They are leanin' out for love

And they will lean that way forever

While Suzanne holds her mirror