Nina Simone – Suzanne (Guitar)

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Suzanne takes you down to her place by the river

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You can hear the boats go by

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You can spend the night forever

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And you know that she's half crazy

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And that's why you wanna 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 you know that she will trust you

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For you've touched her perfect body with your mind

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Now 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 then

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Until the sea shall free them"

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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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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'Cause you think maybe you can trust him

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'Cause he's touched your perfect body 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 is 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 harbour

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And she shows you where to look

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Between 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, 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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'Cause you know that maybe you can trust her

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She's touched your perfect body with her mind