Suzanne - Leonard Cohen (live) - video Dailymotion

Leonard Cohen: At Isle of Wight Festival At Afton Down, Freshwater, England  August 30, 1970

Transcript

00:00Yes, and Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water.

00:17And he spent a long time watching from his lonesome wooden tower.

00:25And when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him,

00:33he said, all men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them.

00:41Oh, but he himself was broken long before the sky would open.

00:49Forsaken, almost human, he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone.

00:59Now, Suzanne takes your hand, she leads you to the river.

01:11Ah, she's wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters.

01:20And the sun pours down like honey on Our Lady of the Harbour.

01:27And she shows you where to look Amid the garbage and the flowers

01:35There are heroes in the seaweed There are children in the morning

01:43They are leaning out for love And they will lean that way forever

01:49While Suzanne holds the mirror And you want to travel with him

02:01And you want to travel blind And you know she will find you

02:09For she's touched your perfect body With her mind

02:15As long as she is just loved Who refreshed people

02:17After asleep and died With my work

02:18And she was amazing To see you

02:20For she greeted me

02:22The bestOWER

02:23jealousy

02:24As long as she trusts andHow good

02:27They love her

02:28passions

02:29As long as she follows

02:30As long as she oversees

02:31As long as I keep her young

02:32As long as she doses

02:34Like the恐apon

02:37Of her youth

02:40Thatimizem

02:42and as long as she

02:43As long as I felt