Suzanne (Live at Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY - October 1969)-Nina Simone

[ti:Suzanne] [ar:Nina Simone] [al:Black Gold] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Suzanne (Live at Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY - October 1969) - Nina Simone [00:13.37]Suzanne takes you down to her place by the river [00:22.93]You can hear the boats go by [00:26.89]You can spend the night forever [00:30.55]And you know that she's half crazy [00:34.11]And that's why you want to be there [00:38.55]And she feeds you tea and oranges [00:45.22]That come all the way from China [00:48.63]Just when you mean to tell her [00:51.05]That you have that you have no love to give her [00:55.13]She gets you on her wavelength [00:59.19]And she lets the river answer [01:02.28]That you've always been her lover [01:09.81]And you want to travel with her [01:13.29]And you want to travel blind [01:19.38]'Cause you've been maybe you can trust her [01:23.27]She's touched your perfect body with her mind [01:45.90]Jesus was a sailor [01:49.77]When he walked across the water [01:55.27]And he spent a long time watching [01:59.07]From his lonely wooden tower [02:01.24]When he knew for certain [02:07.11]Only drowning men could see him [02:09.50]He said all men will be sailors then [02:15.23]Until the sea shall free them [02:19.94]But he himself was broken [02:23.76]Long before the sky would open [02:27.56]Forsaken almost human [02:31.25]He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone [02:40.61]And you want to travel with him [02:46.99]And you want to travel blind [02:50.41]'Cause you think maybe you can trust him [02:54.32]He's touched your perfect body with his mind [03:20.26]Now Suzanne takes your hand [03:25.39]And she leads you to the river [03:29.31]She Is wearing rags and feathers [03:33.21]From salvation army counters [03:35.85]And the sun pours down like honey [03:40.43]On our lady of the harbor [03:44.81]And she shows you where to look beneath the flowers [03:49.76]Beneath the flowers and the garbage [03:51.90]There are heroes In the seaweed [03:56.52]There are children In the morning they are leaning out for love [04:04.11]They will lean that way forever [04:07.38]While Suzanne holds the mirror [04:15.90]And you want to travel with her [04:19.57]And you want to travel blind [04:23.40]'Cause you think maybe you can can trust her [04:27.19]She's touched your perfect body with her mind