Joan Baez - Suzanne/cover (original by Leonard Cohen)

Suzanne takes you down to her place newer the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that shes half crazy
But thats 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 youve 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 youve touched her perfect body with your mind.

And jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said all men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them
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
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe youll trust him
For hes touched your perfect body with his mind.

Now suzanne takes you hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From salvation army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While suzanne holds the mirror
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For shes touched your perfect body with her mind.

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[rfranklinw1]

how can you compare joan's voice to leonard's ????? makes no sense

[blueletternote]

@rfranklinw1 just personal opinion

[blueletternote]

@blueletternote although can not be compared

[deja2053]

joan baez is even more sublime than in rhe early 60s. she and leonard cohen are

both full of sap in old age. to remain true

to yourself and grow deeper as you grow older is the holy grail of spirituality not some new age yogi ballet dance fakery.

we all die but we dont have to spend our

later years wishing in vain we were young

again. to quote bob dylan ' he that's not

busy being born is busy dying.' he wrote that in his 20s. john lennon would have

been a wise elder as well. ah, st. joan

[blueletternote]

@deja2053 well said

[blueletternote]

the song was written by Leonard Cohen and he sings it the best. I post this version cause there was no other video of Joan's version on Youtube.

[jansumi]

Also Nina Simone's version....

[StonefieldJim4]

No, feel free to be a dick about this. It was written by Cohen. Where on earth did you get the idea that Newman wrote it?@e1turko

[glhzuiderdam1]

@e1turko Randy Newman would say you are a dick for not knowing that this song was written by Leonard Cohen.

[blueletternote]

@e1turko LOL

[DaddyLawBucks]

Another magical rendition of this amazing song........ between this version and Judy Collins, it's just beautiful