Suzanne Lyrics - Pour Une Ame Souveraine (for A Sovereign Soul) - A Dedication To Nina Simone - Me'shell Ndegéocello

Suzanne takes you down by the river 

You can hear the boats float by 

You can spend the night forever beside her 

And You know she's half crazy 

But that's why you want to be there 

She feeds you tea and oranges 

All the way from China 

And just when you need to 

That you have no love to give her 

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 

You want to travel blind 

And you know that she will trust you 

For you've touched her perfect body with your mind. 

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Now Jesus was a sailor 

When he walked upon the water 

Spent a long time watching 

From his lonely wooden tower 

And when he knew for certain that 

Only drowning men could see him 

He said "All men will be sailors 

And the sea shall set them free" 

But he himself was broken 

Long before the sky would open 

Forsaken, almost human 

He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone 

And you want to travel with him 

You want to travel blind 

You think maybe you can trust him 

Cause he's touched your perfect body with his mind. 

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Now Suzanne takes your hand 

And leads you down to the river 

She wearing rags and feathers 

From Salvation Army counters 

And the sun pours down like honey 

On our lady of the harbor 

She shows you where to look 

Between the garbage and the flowers 

There are heroes in the seaweed 

There are children in the morning 

They are leaning out for love 

They will lean that way forever 

While Suzanne holds the mirror 

And you want to travel with her 

You want to travel blind 

And you know that you can trust her 

Cause she's touched your perfect body with her mind 

With her mind...