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Suzanne by Leonard Cohen

Suzanne takes you (1)________ to her place near the river
You can hear the (2)__________ go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know, she's half crazy

It's why you (3)________ to be there
She feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from China

And just when you (4)________ to tell her
You have no love to give her
She gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the (5)__________ answer
You've always been her lover

And you (6)________ to travel with her
And you (7)________ to travel blind
And know she will trust you
For you've (8)______________ her perfect body (9)________ your mind

Jesus was a sailor
When He walked upon the water
And He spent a (10)________ time watching
From His lonely wooden tower

And (11)________ He knew for certain
Only (12)________________ men could see Him
He said,"All men (13)________ be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them

But He, Himself was broken
Long (14)____________ the sky (15)__________ open
Forsaken, almost human
He (16)________ (17)______________ your wisdom like a stone

And you want to travel with him
You want to travel blind
And you know he (18)________ find you
For he's touched (19)________ perfect body (20)________ his mind

Suzanne takes your hand now
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing (21)________ and feathers
From Salvation Army counters

And the sun pours down like honey
On our, our lady of the harbor
She shows you where to look
Among the (22)______________ and the flowers

There are heroes in the seaweed
There are (23)________________ in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they (24)________ lean that way forever
While Suzanne (25)__________ the mirror

And you want to travel (26)________ her
You want to travel blind
And you know she'll (27)________ you
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind
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