Suzanne

Nina Simone performing in Rome, 1969

Original by Leonard Cohen

Suzanne takes you down to her place by the river

You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever

And you know, she's half crazy and that's why you want to be there

She feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China

And just when you mean to tell her you have no love to give her

She gets you on her wavelength and she lets the river answer

You've always been her lover

And you want to travel with her

And you want to travel blind

And know she will trust you

For you've touched her perfect body with her mind

(...)

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

And you want to travel with her

You want to travel blind

And you know she'll find you

For she's touched your perfect body with her mind