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SUZANNE (LIVE)

As recorded by Joan Baez

(From the 1971 Album CARRY IT ON)

[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

Suzanne takes you down

To a place by the river

You can see the boats go by

You could spend the night forever

And you know that she's half crazy

And that's why you want to be there

And she feeds you tea and oranges

That come all the way from China

And just when you mean to tell her

That you have no love to give her

She takes you in her arms

And she lets the river answer

That you've always been her lover

And you want to travel with her

And you want to travel blind

And you think you'll maybe trust her

'Cause she's touched you

And she's moved you

And she's kind    

[Verse 2]

And Jesus was a sailor

When he walked up the water

He spent a long time watching

From a lonely wooden tower

And when He knew for certain

Only drowning men could see Him

He said "All m