Cohen's Suzanne (1966)

Suzanne takes you down, to a place near the river

You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night beside her

And you know she's half crazy, but 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, you have no love to give her

Then she gets you on her wavelength, she lets the river answer

You've always been her lover

And you want to travel with her

You want to travel blind

And you know she will find you

For you've touched her perfect body with your mind

Yes, and Jesus was a sailor, when He walked upon the water

And He spent a long time watching, from His lonely tower

And when He knew for certain only drowning men could see Him

He said all men will be 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 want to travel with Him

You want to travel blind

And you know you can trust Him

For He's touched your perfect body with His mind

Suzanne takes your hand, she leads you to the river

She's wearing rags and feathers, from Salvation Army 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 seaweed, children in the morning

They are leaning out for love, they will lean that way forever

While Suzanne holds the mirror

And you want to travel with her

You want to travel blind

And you know she will trust you

For she's touched your perfect body with her mind