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 be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China
And just when you meant 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 you want to travel with her,
and you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you,
for you've touched her perfect body
when he walked upon the water
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 here his head was broken
Long before the sky would open
His hand carried your wisdom like a stone
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 Susanne takes your hand
and 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 Harbour
As he shows you where to look
among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the city
There are children in the morning
They are living out for love
They will learn that way forever
While Susan holds their hand
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel a plan
And you know that you can't trust her
For she's touched your perfect body
