You can hear the boats go by,
you can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
Cause that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tin oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you mean 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 you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body
when he walked upon the water
He spent a long time watching
from his lonely wooden 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 storm.
And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust him
For he's touched your perfect body
Now 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
among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed,
there are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love,
and they will lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror
And you want to travel with her,
and you want to travel blind
And you know you can trust her
For she's touched your perfect body
4.8
