Dm7 DmSuzanne takes you down

Dm Dm7 Dm G7to her place near the river

G7 Gm C7You can hear the boats go by

C7 Gm D#You can spend the night beside her

D# Dm7 Dm Dm7and you know she's half crazy

Dm7 DmBut that's why you wanna be there

Am D7 Gm7 GmAnd she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China

Dm7 Dmand just when you mean to tell her

Gm7 Gm D#that you have no love to give her

D# Dm7 Dm G7then she gets you in her wavelength

G7 Gm C7and she lets the river answer

C7 Dm7 Dm7that you've always been her lover

Dm7 Am D7 Dm7And you want to travel with her

Dm7 Gm7 Cm7and you want to travel blind

Cm7 Dm7 Dmand you know she will trust you

Dm Gm C7 Gm7for you've touched her perfect body

Gm7 Dm7with your mind

Dm7 Dm Dm7And Jesus was a sailor

Dm7 Dmwhen he walked upon the water

Gm7 Gm D#and he spent a long time watching

D# Gm C7 Gm7from his lonely woodden tower

Gm7 Dm7 Dmand when he knew for certain

Dm Dm7 Dmonly drowing men could see him

Dm Am D7he said 'All men will be sailors

Dm7 Gm7 Cm7then until the sea shall free them'

Dm7 Dmbut he himself was broken

Dm Gm C7 Gm7long before the sky would open

Gm7 Dm7 Dmforesaken almost human

Gm7 Gm D# Dm7he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

Dm7 Am D7And you want to travel with him

D7 Gm7 Gmand you want to travel blind

Dm7 Dmand you think may be you'll trust him

Gm7 Gm D#for he's touched your perfect body

D# Dm7with his mind

Dm7 DmNow Suzanne takes your hand

Dm Dm7 Dm G7she leads you to the river

G7 Gm C7she is wearing rags and feathers

C7 Gm D#from Salvation Army counter

D# Dm7 Dmand the sun pours down like honey

Dm7 Dmon our lady of the harbour

Am D7and she shows you where to look

D7 Gm7 Gmamong the garbage and the flowers

Dm7 DmThere are heroes in the seaweed

Gm7 Gm D#there are children in the morning

D# Dm7 Dm G7They are leaning out for love

G7 Gm C7they will lean that way forever

C7 Dm7 Dm7while Suzanne holds the mirror

Dm7 Am D7 Dm7And you want to travel with her

Dm7 Gm7 Cm7and you want to travel blind

Cm7 Dm7 Dmand you know you can trust her

Dm Gm C7 Gm7for she's touched your perfect body

Gm7 Dmwith her mind