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