SUZANNE LEONARD COHEN
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Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
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You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night beside her
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And you know that she's half-crazy, but that's why you wanna be there
G#m A
And she feeds you tea & oranges that come all the way from China
E A
And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her
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Then she gets you on her wavelength & she lets the river answer
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That you've always been her lover
Chorus
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G#m A
And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
E
And you know that she will trust you,
A E
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind
And (E)Jesus was a sailor, when he walked upon the water
And he (A)spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower
And (E)when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him he said
(G#m)'All men will be sailors then, un(A)til the sea shall free them'
But (E)he himself was broken, long be(A)fore the sky would open
For(E)saken, almost human, he (F#m)sank beneath your wisdom like a (E)stone
And you (G#m)want to travel with him, and you (A)want to travel blind
And you (E)think maybe you'll trust him,
For he's (A)touched your perfect body with his (E)mind
Now (E)Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river
She is (A)wearing rags & feathers from Salvation Army counter
And the (E)sun pours down like honey on Our Lady of the Harbour
And she (G#m)shows you where to look among the (A)garbage & the flowers
There are (E)heroes in the seaweed, there are (A)children in the morning
They are (E)leaning out for love, & they will (F#m}lean that way forever
While (E)Suzanne holds the mirror
And you (G#m)want to travel with her, and you (A)want to travel blind
And you (E)know you can trust her,
For she's (A)touched your perfect body with her (E)mind
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TOm Wanna Be |
#1 by TOm HIrsch at Sep 28, 2007 at 2:19 AM EST |
| This comment is in no way to bag this particular song but i feel a fire deep within my musical soul that must be put out my telling a honest truth about his man you call leonard cohen. Well let me tell ya a little story its late at night and im feeling down, as i aimlessly look for somethin good to watch when all of a sudden the tv screens shows be a scene of some half werewolf half meremaid lookin guy, with a top hat and business suit doing abosolutely fuckin nothin, yet getting the applause and pat on the back by everyone this slacker has paid off to do so. It breaks ma fuckin heart to have to see this guy every fuckin time i turn the tv on past 2 in the morning! i have seen better polish docomentaries about 'the first seed of the harvest' that have be given raver reviews that this unbelievably unhumourous unshavin sod of a dog. leonard cohen really rides up my arse you know that! i mean who does this kind of thing that is walk up and down a fuckin spanish lookin backstreet with a top hat and a business suit, its not like he has anywhere inportant to go other than the drug dealers and the whore house from where he was consived from i mean COME ON! ok ok im sorry for those of you who like this guy but....FUCKIN HELLLLLLL he shits me its like he thinks you can put together some chewing gum and masking tape and call yourself a born again christian well let me tell ya something this is one christain the galdiators should have thrown to the lions back in old ceseor time. and to top it off he does it in black and white film, dont get me wrong i LLLLLOOOOOOVVVVVEEEEEE any black and white film you put in front of me, but he uses it like a fuckin dog would use a compass, bth confused and somewhat dumb founded. PLLLLLEEEAAAASSSEEEEE let him never again be seen with my eyes cause theres just something about this guy that makes me want to break into the nearest gas station and cover myself in petrol and light the match!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Heaven help that poor bastard if i ever see him in person i would find the nearest pigmy, dwarf, omppa lomppa or short sailor fresh off the boat, and throw it at him. this guy............. this guy you know hes something...............truly.............. i mean his pure existence shocks the fuck through me. i would rather watch 4 hours of asian games shows [without sub titles] then ever even think about seeing this glove wearing, spin doctor on my television. | |
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a Average |
#2 by a a at Oct 1, 2007 at 12:15 PM EST |
| Actually, as a Montreal resident, I must point out that "Suzanne" does not just symbolize the water, no matter shat some crack professor says. In fact, you can visit find the house in this city where the alleged encounters took place. | |
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Basstard Professional |
#3 by Basstard at Oct 4, 2007 at 8:52 AM EST |
| leanord cohen furroughs his brow like harold bishop off (the australian soap that we all love) neighbours and has a jive on him that resembles a similar jive seen in michael jackons-thriller film clip. slow__hands and mikus_fikus own songmeanings.net like han solo (that filthy intergallactic scoundrel) owns his wookie (chewbacca) | |
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Ziggy Professional |
#4 by Ziggy at Oct 4, 2007 at 3:09 PM EST |
| Leonard has been a rock through the years. One who will get spiritual in a rock song and be very cool about it. His poetry is awesome too. | |
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Meaty Average |
#5 by Meaty at Oct 4, 2007 at 5:13 PM EST |
| beautiful song. | |
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Kyle Average |
#6 by Kyle Lester at Oct 6, 2007 at 7:39 AM EST |
| There are a few ways to feel this song and the most prominant one is looking at Suzanne as an manifestation of the Anima. With all the anima symbols here it's hard to deny that to myself. The idea of suzanne as 'our lady of the harbor' really strikes something inside of me. He refers to her as an almost holy entity after refering to jesus as an almost human being, this would lead me to believe that Cohen believes human beings are in fact divine. It might be a bit of a stretch but it feels right. Traveling blind gets me too, I picture what we do when we take someones hand and let them lead us through a crowd, we close our eyes and trust them to take us where we should be. If I were to look at this in a gnostic sense, we could see Suzanne as a representation of the Sophia, which makes some amount of sense. This song also feels like an expression of love in the most simple and true form. His relationship with suzanne was (as far as i could tell from interviews with both him and suzanne verdal) non-sexual but full of deep love and connections from both sides. I'm sorry, Rissa, that I did this, I didn't touch that line though, be proud. | |
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Katie Wanna Be |
#7 by Katie St. Michel at Oct 7, 2007 at 12:44 AM EST |
| i love this song. one of my favorite leonard cohen tunes, and one of my favorite to play. the second verse contains some of my favorite lyrics of all time... | |
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albert Rhythm Player |
#8 by albert casualtie at Oct 7, 2007 at 8:44 PM EST |
| Wow Mikus-Fikus, you must have been really bored to type out all that stuff about someone that does nothing for you. I think the song is somehow about faith. Religious faith, where you just throw yourself into belief and trust in God to see you through - maybe Jesus saw that men drowning in faith would be lost, they needed assistance to pass on the water, so he would give them a ship to help them, the framework of religion, because thye can't walk on water like him. And also about faith in love, or in your lover, where you want to follow blindly. Anyway, a beautiful beautiful song, capturing the feel of calm deep water as in a harbour. | |
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Mike Average |
#9 by Mike Dawgg at Oct 8, 2007 at 11:53 AM EST |
| This song is about a boat thats in the montreal harbour....thats what ive heard anyway and if you think about it it makes a lot of sense....."there are heroes in the seaweed" is a beautiful line. A lot of people died in the montreal harbour...and i really think that this is what the song is initially inspiered by.....it may have then taken on different meanings. but a woman from montreal told me thats what it is about. that also were Cohen is from i believe.... | |
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Ŧøn¥ Average |
#10 by Ŧøn¥ PiNeDa at Oct 10, 2007 at 12:51 AM EST |
| one of my faves by Mr. Cohen, he says it is about a woman named Suzanne, the wife of one of the writer's friends. | |
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Anthony Wanna Be |
#11 by Anthony Amell at Oct 10, 2007 at 12:57 PM EST |
| It's interesting, the connotations that go with a name. The Suzanne in this song is very much like a certain Suzanne I know. | |
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Basstard Professional |
#12 by Basstard at Oct 11, 2007 at 5:00 AM EST |
| I was told it was written by Joan Baez. This is a confusing situation. | |
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Joan Average |
#13 by Joan Rius at Oct 12, 2007 at 2:31 PM EST |
| A question I have heard this song sung by neil Diamond, with different lyrics.. i wonder if he took the song from Cohen or if it was the other way around? | |
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James Wanna Be |
#14 by James Makowiecki at Oct 12, 2007 at 9:49 PM EST |
| leonard Cohen is real artistic talent, he may not be to everybody's taste, he is somewhat a cult figure. and besides he's jewish actually. | |
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#15 by DUMBASS Thomas at Oct 13, 2007 at 3:32 PM EST |
| Why have there been so few responses to Mikus-Fikus, who posted his comments 9 months ago? Leonard Cohen is a poetic genius; I don't care how he appears on film, he has given many many people a lot of pleasure over a lot of years. You seem a very angry person, Mikus Fikus. Hope you feel better soon. | |
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by fires light Rhythm Player |
#16 by by fires light she cried at Oct 15, 2007 at 7:09 PM EST |
| Suzanne--though a real person is merely the buffers or bookends to the important stanza. The one that centers around Jesus. The concise proclamation in this stanza outlines the songs soul--one surrounded by temptations physical, but strongly bound in the mind...mentally inticed by the intimacy of a devilish innocent flower. Judy Collins version is the perfect haunting version of this song...though not written by Judy...poetic perfect meets the grace of her angelic voice (the perfect third person narration)-a warning for the world. The devil doesn't reside in all women or men, but is most often cloaked in their beauty--one that's not fully revealed...one to draw in the deeper (hidden) portions of oneself only to destroy you from the inside out. | |
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