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Suzanne takes you down
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to her place near the river
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you can hear the boats go by
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you can spend the night beside her
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and you know that she's half crazy
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but that's why you want to be there
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and she feeds you tea and oranges
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that come all the way from China
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and just when you mean to tell her
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that you have no love to give her
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then she gets you on her wavelength
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and she lets the river answer
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that you've always been her lover.
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And you want to travel with her
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and you want to travel blind
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and then you know that she will trust you
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for you've touched her perfect body
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with your mind.
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And Jesus was a sailor
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when he walked upon the water
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and he spent a long time watching
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from his lonely wooden tower
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and when he knew for certain
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only drowning men could see him
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he said all men will be sailors
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then until the sea shall free them
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but he himself was broken
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long before the sky would open
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forsaken, almost human
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he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone.
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And you want to travel with him
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and you want to travel blind
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and then you think maybe you'll trust him
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for he's touched your perfect body
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with his mind.
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Now, Suzanne takes your hand
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and she leads you to the river
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she's wearing rags and feathers
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from Salvation Army counters
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and the sun pours down like honey
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on our Lady of the harbor
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and she shows you where to look
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among the garbage and the flowers
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there are heroes in the seaweed
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there are children in the morning
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they are leaning out for love
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and they will lean that way forever
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while Suzanne holds the mirror.
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And you want to travel with her
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and you want to travel blind
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and then you know that you can trust her
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for she's touched your perfect body
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with her mind.
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