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