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Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can hear the boats go by You can spend the night beside her And you know that she's half crazy But 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 Then she gets you on her wavelength 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 know that she will trust you For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.
Leonard Cohen
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Read poems about / on: travel, crazy, river, trust, night, love
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Comments about this poem (Suzanne
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Leonard Cohen
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Lynne McAnulty-Street (11/22/2010 4:45:00 PM)
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B T W - Nina Simone's recording I first heard back in (I think) 1970. I worked at the time in a record pressing factory, and was allowed to choose an album every fortnight for myself. I've always loved Nina's work, and she introduced me to Mr Cohen's. A good combination!
Mr Cohen, thank you for visiting my embryonic collection, and the exercise based on FUN.
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Lynne McAnulty-Street (11/9/2010 1:56:00 AM)
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I believe he wrote more for Nina Simone's singing; not sure, but I agree. Having heard Nina sing it, the missing verses are obvious.
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