to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by,
you can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half- crazy
but that's why you wanna 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
that you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer that
you've always been her lover
And Jesus was a sailor when
And 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
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
Now, Suzanne takes your hand and
she leads you to the river
She's wearing rags and feathers from
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
