Text: Leonard Cohen (1966)
Year: 1967
Suzanne takes you to listen to the mermaids
She takes you by the hand
To spend an endless night
You know she is half crazy
That's why you want to stay
On a silver plate
She serves you jasmine Tea
And when you want to tell her
That you have no love for her
She calls you in her waves
And lets the sea answer
That you have always been in love with her
You want to stay by her side
Now you are not afraid anymore
To travel with closed eyes
A flame is burning in your heart
He was a fisherman who came over land
Who has watched a very long time
From the top of a lonely tower
And when he understood that only
Lost men were seeing him
He said he would sail
Until the waves free us
But he himself was broken
Way before the sky opens
Neglected and almost a man
He sank under your wisdom
Like a stone
You want to stay by her side
Now you are not afraid anymore
To travel with closed eyes
A flame is burning in your heart
Suzanne takes you to listen to the mermaids
She takes you by the hand
To spend an endless night
The sun is flowing like honey
Over Our Lady of the Tears
She shows you where to look for
Among the trashes and the flowers
In the weeds there are dreams
Of children in the early morning
Who lean over towards love
They always lean over like that
And Suzanne holds the mirror
You want to stay by her side
Now you are not afraid anymore
To travel with closed eyes
A strange wound in your heart
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