The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974) - full transcript

[Leonard Cohen
singing "Suzanne"]

♪ Suzanne takes you down
to her place near the river ♪

♪ You can hear the boats go by ♪

♪ You can spend
the night beside her ♪

♪ And you know
that she's half-crazy ♪

♪ But that's 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 you've 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 you've 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 you'll trust him ♪

♪ For he's touched your perfect
body with his mind ♪

♪ Now Suzanne takes your hand ♪

♪ And she leads you
to the river ♪

♪ She's wearing rags
and feathers ♪

♪ From salvation army counter ♪

♪ And the sun pours down
like honey ♪

♪ On our lady of the harbor ♪

♪ 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
you can trust her ♪

♪ For she's touched your perfect
body with her mind ♪♪

[church choir]

You can go in now.

Alright, somebody give me
somethin'.

You actually believe
that people

are going to pay money
to see this.

It's time
for your medicine, Percy.

'Dry up, huh?'

Look, I think I can save you
a lot of legwork

by telling you
that there is not

'a responsible financial
establishment in the country'

'that would put up one dime
in support of this property.'

You bastards.

[instrumental music]

[male #1]
'Hey, Logan,
here comes your banker.'

Good morning. I'm Mr. Fenton
with First Security.

Beautiful day, isn't it?

I haven't seen
one of your pictures, Mr. Logan

but I...I suspect that I will
in the very near future.

All of this, uh, this paper here
is fairly standard.

[Fenton]
'Here is where we spell out.'

'Uh, interest rates
and a proportionate increase

in the event
of payment deferral.

This gives us some leeway.

I, uh.. A..

A-a margin, so to speak..

...in the event
of, uh, um..

Mr. Logan, why is he
taking pictures of me?

That's enough, Heath.

This, this is..

Look, Fenton, all this
bullshit's getting to be a bore.

[Logan]
'Now, just give me your papers
and let's cut it short.'

I said give me your papers
and give me the check

and let's get out of here.

Come on.

Look...there are certain
procedures.

What do you do, Fenton?

Do? I'm an executive vice
president with First Security.

No, I mean, what do you do?

What, I, I do many things.

I...I'm the banker.

A bank officer has a vast array
of responsibilities.

What do you really do?

What I do is a hell of a lot
clearer than what you do.

What the hell is this?

You?

You're a painter,
you're a serious painter.

You're an artist.

You paint imaginary lines

and divide up the universe

and you don't know
anything about it, do you?

Go away.

No, I'd like to talk to you

about how I can see you're
a serious artist

and a troubled man.
I can tell by your eyes--

I wanna talk to her
alone, alright?

Do you know who is she?

Will you go away?

[Logan]
'Boy, I've never seen
you before.'

'Are you with him?'

- Let's go.
- No, don't go.

I want to go, come on now.

Do you like film?

'Of course you do.'

♪ Life is but a dream ♪

♪ Row row row your boat ♪

♪ Gently down the stream ♪

♪ Merrily merrily ♪

♪ Merrily merrily ♪♪

Do you know what I mean?

That's black art.

But that's pure art.

But that's so inside.

Art, I thought art's
more of a communication thing.

It's more out,
outside, outgoing.

Art is anything
that is...that is uniquely ours.

- 'Anything?'
- 'Anything.'

Well, it's, it's,
it's all very interesting

and, uh, it's funny.

But you're not laughing.

Well..

...we have to go now

because, uh,
I've gotta go to work.

[Logan thinking]
I'll get you,
I'll get you, Suzanne.

'He's crazy, you know that.
He's really crazy.'

I know.

Is that what scares you?

We're all crazy.

[instrumental music]

[Logan]
'In my last life,
I was a carpenter.'

'Before that, I was a soldier
in the Spanish Inquisition.'

'And before that,
I was Caiaphas.'

'That's the one
that really gets to me.'

[Suzanne]
'Who's he?'

[Logan]
'I was a legend of my own time.'

'I was the high priest'

'who conspired to destroy Christ
and succeeded.'

'Who were you
in your last life?'

[Suzanne]
'I don't know.'

[Logan]
'Oh, you know.'

What're you doing?

Oh, you mean
where am I going?

No, I mean,
what you're doing

when you roll your eyes up
like this?

Like that.

I have this, this thing
that happens to me sometimes.

I have this pressure
on my chest and on my face..

[instrumental music]

It's around here somewhere.

[Suzanne]
'Does it feel good?'

[Logan]
'It's not a thing that feels,
that feels good or bad.'

'It's just, it's just
something I do.'

Talk about good karma, Suzanne.

You must have been a saint
in your last life.

[Logan]
'It's like looking through
a-a magic window'

'or a child's window .'

And I can see
that life is infinite.

And it goes...through space
and time.

We're god, Suzanne.

[Logan]
'You and I are gods.'

We're immortal, our spirits
are immortal, I know it.

I can feel it.
I can feel it in my gut!

It's like the feeling you get

when you listen to a p-piece
of great music.

[Logan]
'Everything falls away.'

'And for a moment,
just a moment..'

...you're at rest.

And, you know at that moment
that you can't turn back

or change because that feeling
goes on forever.

[applauds]

Bravo, bravo.

[Suzanne]
'I'm just not comfortable'

'with all your talk
about spirit'

and the inner
world, that's all.'

You think it's a lie?

[Suzanne]
'The words mean nothing.
They don't even count.'

You say you want me to know your
soul. Well, alright, I'm here.

I'm interested.

But you can't know a man's soul
by hearing him talk about it.

That's the lie.

What's the truth?

It's not what
you say, Logan..

...it's what you are.

[tires screeching]

Are you alright?

[airplane flying above]

Can't...can't you see,
I'm trying to work?

I...just--

Will you leave me alone?

I just have to tell you,
would you please

fasten your seat belt?

Put the air conditioning on,
will ya?

Gotta make it to the office
in 20 minutes..

...and safely and swiftly.

Alright, Suzanne.

You're the Christ, Suzanne.

This is how I see you
and this is what you are.

Sit down.

[Logan]
'Suzanne.'

I know you.

Suzanne!

You're no more Christ than I am.

All your fuckin' goodness
makes me wanna puke!

Jesus Christ, who the hell
do you think you are?

Suzanne!

[Logan]
'How dare you!'

'Suzanne!'

'I'll get you!'

'Suzanne!'

[seagulls cawing]

♪ Suzanne takes you down ♪

♪ To her place near the river ♪

♪ You can hear the boats go by ♪

♪ You can spend
the night forever ♪

♪ And you know
that she's half-crazy ♪

♪ That's why
you want to be there ♪

♪ And she feeds you
tea and oranges ♪

♪ That come all the way
from China ♪

♪ And just when you want
to tell her ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ And you want to travel blind ♪

♪ And you know
you may trust her ♪

♪ For she has touched your
perfect body with her mind ♪♪

I couldn't believe it,
Suzanne, when you said

you're gonna do his film.

What'd he want from you?

I don't know.
He can't hurt me.

[eerie music]

[male #2]
'The thing that
makes me most mad'

'is when, when people who have
powers of certain kinds..'

...uh, unfairly exercise it
over other people.

[male #3]
'What's bothering you?'

'I don't understand it
unless it's just a strange'

'quirk in the American character
that I've mentioned before.'

The richest Caesar never
had it as good as you.

Simple arithmetic tells me
that most of you're watching

this broadcast
on your color televisions.

You're plugged into fantastic
sources of information

through radio and newspapers.

I wanna tell you this.

What more do you demand
from your civilization

in order to maintain
belief in it?

If you go to another war,
kiss my black ass.

Alright, maybe you don't count
materialistic virtues

but let me tell you,
without them

we could not indulge charity,
liberality, and equality.

And we do indulge these things.

This nation is the most generous
in history.

We give away more wealth each
year than most countries

could produce in a century.

Philosophically and politically
we have been on a slow

but definite swing toward
the humanistic liberal ways

of thinking.

This trend shall continue.

But only in direct proportion
to our comfort.

This cold but human fact
is often forgotten.

We are only generous when first
we are secure and comfortable.

We only develop ethics when
we have a rich civilization

that gives us the free time
to ponder.

It is clear
to any student of history

that this nation is a great one,
even a noble one.

Nowhere near perfect, yet,
but heading for a long time now

in a positive direction.

And it is high time that
these unfashionable concepts

be voiced publicly once again.

Know this, if you have no faith

belief or trust
in your society..

If you're embarrassed
by its imperfections

it's not because
this is a bad society

but simply because we have lost
sight of our greatness.

Thank you and good evening.

Alright, how did it look?

Did it work okay?

Fine.

It's wet.

[instrumental music]

[grunts]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[music continues]

[screaming]
I!

I!

Am!

A man!

[male #4]
'She's not like the other
autistic children.'

'She is deeply contented.'

'And there is something.'

'She's formed
a new attachment.'

'A volunteer girl, Suzanne,
it's good.'

[female #1]
Please save it, peaches.
I know all about it.

Three years and what the hell
have you accomplished? Nothing.

Where's the breakthrough
we used to dream about?

Where's just one inch
of improvement?

Where is just one word
out of Dorothy's own mouth?

Tell me that.

I don't think you understand.

I understand plenty,
more than you think.

It kills me to admit it but
she's retarded, that's all.

And none of your fancy
psychological jargon

is gonna change that.

Nothing could be
further from the truth.

Tell me about the truth.

The truth is you're right
about the fancy jargon.

None of it applies to Dorothy.

She doesn't fit
any of the pigeonholes.

In other words, you
haven't the slightest

idea what's wrong with her.

Look, that's just it. There's
really nothing wrong with her.

She's a wonderful girl.

We know from her play that
she's unbelievably bright.

But she just won't
communicate. No words.

She has her own way. Matter of
fact, she seems happy that way.

There's no name
for that condition.

You make one up if you like.

Dorothy is one of a kind.

Do you understand that?
She is absolutely unique.

Helen, look.

[Jackson]
My youth..

Now, you don't really want to
hear about my youth, do you?

You ever read Tom Sawyer?

Well, it wasn't
anything like that at all.

'Ceptin' I
grew up on the river.

Pikes County, Missouri.

And let me tell you,
we were poor, hurtin' poor..

The kind of poor you can
only understand if you

went without real food for
a couple of days at a time.

God, I wanted so much more..

...and I got it.

Yes, I did.

You think I set my
goals impossibly high?

I have a bachelor's secret.
And it works.

I put on those blinders.
I tell you, you put 'em on.

The tunnel vision,
you see nothin' else.

You work your tail off.
You're push and you run.

Even crawl if you have to.
And then

suddenly you take the time
to turn around and look back.

And you realize that you've
come an incredibly long way.

You've reached your goals.

My columnists
indicated 473 cities.

I write my own editorials
on network television.

I own two newspapers and
three three TV stations.

But I must admit something
confidentially.

You know it's funny but I still don't feel any closer

to that star than I did as a dumb kid in Pikes County.

[helicopter whirrs]

[helicopter whirrs]

[upbeat rock music]

[upbeat rock music]

I no longer..

[banging noise]

[rock music blaring]

[upbeat rock music]

[upbeat rock music]

[upbeat rock music]

[snorts]

[rock music]

See, the banker paid off.

What the fuck kind of a
production meeting is this?

[all laughing]

This is where it's
all gonna happen.

And the sky is gonna
be churning gray.

And the clouds are gonna
come up from the sea.

And they're gonna
cover the hillside

and the wind is
gonna be blowing.

And then we're just
gonna let it happen.

And we're gonna crucify her.

[Simon]
'Beginning is ending'

'Ending is the start.'

'A circle connecting..'

'Sum of it's parts.'

'This is like that.'

'That is like this.'

'and the same and the same
and the same'

'But the journey..'

'The journey between'

'that may well be insane.'

[police siren]

[officer over megaphone]
Look, sir, there's a crowd
of people down here

who could get hurt if
something went wrong.

'Come on down.'

'Come on down now and
help us break it up.'

[indistinct]

'Let's keep everything cool,
okay? Do you hear me?'

Look, buddy, you've gotta
come down off that pole!

'Don't make it
hard on yourself.'

Come on down.

Come on down now, and
help us break it up.

[sirens wailing]

[instrumental music]

[instrumental music]

[instrumental music]

[instrumental music]

This is exactly the kind
of crap I'm talking about.

Why do you think he did it?

Don't know, boss.

I thought you wouldn't know.

Simon, Lee.

Lee Simon.

27 wonderland drive.
Mill Valley

Marin County.

'’A couple of fights.'

'Hadn't had a fight
in a long while.'

[indistinct]

Me and my two buddies,
Louie and John.

And, uh, went to advance
in California.

We stop
waiting for a stop sign.

All of a sudden, a guy
comes outside and says

"Hey, come on, you guys
you gonna fight me

right now or what?"

I said what's wrong with
this guy. Crazy or what?

Big tall southpaw,
about six foot five.

He's gotta be nuts, this guy.

So I go like, hey, sit down
and go back to your car.

So then the light changed.

When the next block comes,
Sacramento and Van Ness

and, uh, he did the same thing,
he stopped us.

Says he wants to buy
his car tires.

You wanna get with that?
He says yeah.

You want to fight?

So, I got mad, and took
my jacket off and said

I'll fight him.
Lights off, boys.

'Then I says,
"Hey, go take a hike, pal.'

'You're gonna get thumped."'

Then he grabs me.
Then three more come out

of the back of that car.

I says,
"Whoa! You got a rat pack.

Are you kiddin'?"
I couldn't believe it.

I says, "Now we gotta
fight for good now."

So while Louie's fighting
one guy in the corner

I'm fighting the guy
in the middle of the street.

Boom boom boom.

Then all of a sudden, the guy
I hit runs across the street.

Runs behind the telephone
and kicks Louie in the ribs.

I hear him broke his ribs.

I says,
"Gee, I can't believe that."

So I ran across the street
to him with a left hook, boom.

- I cut my hand--
- What time is it?

- Right now, about 12:05.
- Right.

Well, you can't talk, I guess.

No. Go ahead.

This is it.

[car tires screeching]

What the hell's
the matter with you.

Why don't you watch
where you're going?

[knocking on door]

You think you could open it?

Yes, sir. No problem.

[instrumental music]

[female #2]
Sunshine's real nice.

You know matter of fact

I wake up every morning
with a great smile.

You know, a lot of people say

"What you smile for in the
morning?"

You know. But, you know.
I say I feel good.

'Cause, you know,
I'm living, you know.

Wake up in the morning and say,
"Wow," you know, whoa.

[male #5]
It's pretty sad.

but I have hopes
like the other guy that..

You know, like a baby

everybody will wake up
some time to reality and..

If you care about people
you care about yourself.

[female #3]
It's hedonistic.

I got-I..
Bet you know what I said?

[female #4]
And the pressures
are fantastic.

Even if they only come,
you know, from in your head.

I'm really getting tired of it, you know.

I see everything happening

and when I was younger
I was more idealistic.

Well, I talked to three
different friends today

and that was fun.

No. No, nothing special
about today.

See, I'm an alcoholic
and I used to be

so terribly sick and terribly
depressed all the time.

I wouldn't like
to go back there

but anyway,
I spent a week here.

And then I went down to LA and
on the way to LA I got busted

and spent two weeks there.

I know what's going on.
I wanna know how you feel.

Uh, that kind of lifestyle
isn't worth it.

It's a put-on.

[male #6]
Some people are high on

like, by creating wars,
you know.

That gets them high, you know. Shooting other people.

We all have uh, skulls
and insides to our bodies.

But we also have
the spiritual outside.

'I think there is permanence,
there's a psychic permanence.'

'Uh, between two people.'

There's a permanence that goes on and on and, uh, you know.

You can be
separate from that.

[pipe organ music]

[pipe organ music]

[pipe organ music]

[male #7]
'You told me to remind you that
the press is gonna be here.'

Okay, I'm reminded.

- Get the feathers.
- Okay.

'Yadda yadda yadda..'

Yadda yadda yadda..

- Jesus, it's about time.
- Sorry.

Yadda yadda yadda..

What's your line?

Listen, honey, I gotta
be outta here pretty soon.

Where you been?

What do you want, cutie?

Okay, roll it.

[giggling]

[laughing]

You nuts or something?

[dramatic rock music]

Please, stop it.

[sobbing]
Oh, please...just please..

Clavius.

[sobbing]

Don't forget that the
press is gonna be here

in a couple of minutes.

[sobbing]

I didn't..

Are you okay?

As if you cared.

I didn't really hurt you, did I?

You did. You poked me too hard.

Listen to me.

You were really good.

I-I wanna leave now.

'Now, Clavius, lets get
ready for the press.'

You sure you wanna go
through with this?

I have absolutely
no reservations.

Now, I hope you're
ready for this.

Why, what do you mean?

[chuckles]
Well, I've met this Logan
before turned out to be

quite a freak show.

Good.

[footsteps]

[gunshots]

[feedback from microphone]

[Logan]
'Can you hear me?'

'Listen, it's wrong.
It's all wrong.'

It's not working.

'We've got ten minutes
of this light left.'

'We've got to get
this shot now.'

Can you hear me?

'Stop it!'

'Listen, it's all wrong.'

'It's wrong. It is not working.'

'Don't you know
what you're doing?'

'We have this light for
ten more minutes.'

We've got to get this shot now.

Do you understand?

You're the crucifiers.

You're not out for a
Sunday morning boat ride.

'You're crucifiers.'

Don't you know
what you're doing?

You, and you're gonna nail
her up on that black cross.

'For yourselves,
for all mankind.'

Do you understand?
This is it.

You're so terrified, you think
you're gonna puke your guts out.

That's all because you're wrong.

You're so wrong and
she's so right.

You're gonna nail her up on that
black cross and watch her die.

And you're gonna be crazy,
you're gonna dance around her.

Howling, screaming, insanity.

That's what I want.

I want insanity.

[feedback from microphone]

Bo.. Boat..

Boat.

Boat.

Bo..

Boat..

'Boat.'

'Boat.'

'Try, boat.'

'Boat.'

'Dorothy, try it.'

'Bo..'

'Boat.'

Ba..

Ba..

'You know what I want.'

'You must try.'

You can do it.

Please.

[birds chirping]

[birds chirping]

[typewriter clacking]

[cars revving]

[engine revving]

[tram bell ringing]

[grunting]

Are you alright, buddy?

[engine revving]

Alright, cut the radio
and get me to the office.

[engine revving]

'Slow down!'

Slow down!

[tires screeching]

Eddie!

Eddie!

[dramatic music]

[tires screeching]

Slow down, damn it.

What the hell is all this?

[tires screeching]

[dramatic music]

Stop it, you damn fool!

'Eddie, listen to me!'

[dramatic music]

Why are you doing this?
Slow down!

Help me! Help me! Help me!

Stop!

[dramatic music]

'Stop this car.'

'Stop this car, stop.'

'Stop.'

[tires screeching]

[tires screeching]

Why are you trying to kill me?

Why are you trying to kill me?

I should beat
the crap out of you.

You'll never catch me.

You're crazy.

You're crazy!

I quit.

[chuckling]

Why do you hate me so?

Why do you hate me so?

[engine revving]

[chuckling]

I'll see you in jail for this,
you son of a bitch.

[chuckling]

[engine revving]

[birds chirping]

'Hello, Suzanne.'

- 'What's that?'
- 'I brought you a gift.'

'But, I don't have electricity.'

'You don't have electricity?'

'Oh.'

'Everybody's got electricity.'

[giggling]

What's the matter, Jackson?

Something's happened
to me Suzanne.

- What?
- I don't know.

I called my minister,
I didn't know how to explain

and she didn't know
how to answer.

I read a column
I wrote and I hated it

I hated every word of it.

My chauffer tried to kill me

or at least tried to
scare the hell out of me.

'I don't know which.'

I'm confused, I don't like it.

You know what I am?

I'm a complex,
civilized man

who has heavy armor
that is made of stone.

'I don't want to
look in that mirror.'

The reflection I see that
splits me wide open, it hurts.

I'm too old for this now,
and too tired.

Rocks don't change.

'Your innocence
forces me to insight.'

'You are beauty, my dear.'

Oh, Jackson.

The answer to me is simple.

I must stay away
from extreme beauty.

I must stay away from
you and people like you

if there are any more.

Understand it's because you
are so much more real than I.

It's nothing that you did.

It's just what I do
with what you are.

[engine revving]

[panting]

[telephone ringing]

My friend Lee made it.

I'm glad you like it.

[birds chirping]

Do you know what
it's like out there?

I don't know if you do or not.

Its so different,
from this and you.

It's hard to explain.

You found your way.

The rest of us
are still searching.

I love this man Lee Simon.

He's in pain.

I've seen him though.

He peeks through in moments..

...and he's so beautiful.

His face actually changes,
it gets bright.

And his eyes, beautiful
and so full of everything.

It's only in moments though.

Only in moments.

It's not fair to bring it
all here, is it, Dorothy?

You're so beautiful.

I wish you could teach
us all to smile like that.

Tell me..

...please teach us.

[panting]

[choking]

[gunshot]

[instrumental music]

Logan.

Listen, it's always
crazy like this.

It's okay, just trust me.

[instrumental music]

[Jackson] Several years ago I was.. I was driving from Los Angeles

to a convention in
Palm Springs and, uh

I guess I made a wrong turn

and I wound up
in the middle of nowhere.

When I realized that
I was lost

I stopped the car and got out

and I was very angry
at the inconvenience

but I soon forgot about that.

It was quite late
and the moon was very bright.

And there in every direction
as far as my eyes could see

the earth stretched out
before me.

Naked desert country.

It made me feel
excited and uplifted.

Well, I went back into my car

and I went back to
the convention

and left that feeling
behind me.

But, you know something?

That is the exact
same feeling I get

when I'm with that girl.

Now, I don't know why, don't
ask me and I don't know how.

[male #8]
'Jackson, I believe
you sound infatuated.'

Oh, come on now, its nothing
like that, I told you.

'Well, I just don't understand.
What is your problem?'

I-I-I-I feel strange today.

I am not myself.

And I'm saying it to you
the best way I know how.

'Instead of me,
why don't you try the Lord.'

'He has much better
understanding than I have.'

'Let Jesus help you
with your problem.'

'Put yourself in his hands,
you can't help, but be right.

'The Lord and me love you,
Jackson, but we got to run now.'

'Goodbye, Jackson.'

'May god bless your path.'

[car honking]

[engines revving]

[instrumental music]

[instrumental music]

[piano music]

[instrumental music]

[instrumental music]

Logan!

[screaming]

[intense music]

[Leonard Cohen
singing "Suzanne"]

♪ 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 you've always
been her lover.. ♪♪

[intense music]

[woman screaming]

♪ 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
that he will trust you ♪

♪ For he's touched
her perfect body ♪

♪ With his mind ♪

♪ Now Suzanne takes your hand ♪

♪ And she leads you
to the river ♪

♪ She is wearing
rags and feathers ♪

♪ From
the Salvation Army counters ♪

♪ And the sun
pours down like honey ♪

♪ On our lady of the harbor ♪

♪ 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 you can trust her ♪

♪ For she's touched your
perfect body ♪

♪ With her mind ♪♪