to her place by the river
You can see the boats go by,
you can spend the night forever
You know she's half crazy,
that's why you want to be there
She feeds you tea and oranges
that come all the way from China
Just when you mean to tell her
you have no love to give her
She gets you on her wavelength,
she lets the river answer
You've always been her lover
You want to travel with her,
and you know you can trust her
and he walked upon the water.
He spent a long time watching
from his lonely wooden tower
only drowning men could see him.
He said, all men will be sailors then,
till the sea shall free them.
long before the sky would open.
he sat beneath your wisdom like a stone.
And you want to travel with him,
You know you can trust him,
he touched your perfect body
Now Susan 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
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for leaning out
They will lean that way forever
till Susan holds the mirror
