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Suz | anne takes you down to her place near the river |
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You can h | ear the boats go by. You can spend the night beside her |
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And you kn | ow that she's half crazy. But that's why you want to be there |
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And she f | eeds you tea and oranges that come | all the way from China |
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And just wh | en you mean to tell her that you h | ave no love to give her |
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Then she g | ets you on her wavelength, and she l | ets the river answer |
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That you've alw | ays been her lover |
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And you w | ant to travel with her |
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And you w | ant to travel blind |
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And you kn | ow that she will trust you |
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For you've t | ouched her perfect body with your m | ind |
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And J | esus was a sailor, when he walked upon the water |
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And he sp | ent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower |
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And wh | en he knew for certain, only drowning men could see him |
G#m | A | |
He said " | All men will be sailors then unt | il the sea shall free them" |
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But h | e himself was broken long bef | ore the sky would open |
E | F#m | E | |
Fors | aken, almost human, he s | ank beneath your wisdom like a st | one |
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And you w | ant to travel with him |
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And you w | ant to travel blind |
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And you th | ink maybe you'll trust him |
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For he's t | ouched your perfect body with his m | ind |
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Now Suz | anne takes your hand, and she leads you to the river |
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She is w | earing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters |
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And the s | un pours down like honey on our lady of the harbour |
G#m | A | |
And she sh | ows you where to look among the g | arbage and the flowers |
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There are h | eroes in the seaweed. There are ch | ildren in the morning |
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They are l | eaning out for love, and they will l | ean that way forever |
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While Suz | anne holds the mirror |
G#m | |
And you w | ant to travel with her |
A | |
And you w | ant to travel blind |
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And you kn | ow that she will trust you |
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For you've t | ouched her perfect body with your m | ind |