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Chad Mitchell - Suzanne [HD]+

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Channel: Gary Larson · 2017 · People & Blogs

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Chad Mitchell sings 'Suzanne' from his 1967 WB album 'Love, A Feeling Of'. The song was written by Canadian poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen about Suzanne Verdal, the former wife of his friend sculptor Armand Vaillancourt.  It was first a hit by Judy Collins and later recorded by Joan Baez, Roberta Flack and others. This is my third video version for this Chad Mitchell song and the images are mostly the same as for the earlier videos of this song by Joan Baez and Roberta Flack. The lyrics for the Mitchell version of Suzanne and also Leonard Cohen's version (adapted from LyricFind) follow below. [Vinyl/23-Images]


Suzanne (Chad Mitchell version)

Suzanne takes you down to her place by 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 think you maybe trust her 
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind

Suzanne takes you down to her place by the river
You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever
While the sun pours down like honey on our lady of the harbor
She shows you where to look amidst 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'll lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds the mirror

And you want to travel with her and you want to travel blind
And you think you maybe trust her 
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind

Suzanne takes you down to a place by the river
You can hear the boats go by . . .

Songwriter: Leonard Cohen

© Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

[Lyrics adapted from LyricFind]


Suzanne (Leonard Cohen Version)

Suzanne takes you down to her place by the river
You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever
And you know that she's half crazy and that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges that came 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

[Chorus]
And you want to travel with her and you want to travel blind
And you think you maybe trust her 'cause she's touched your perfect body
With her 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 shall 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

[Chorus]

Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river
She's wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey on our lady of the harbor
And she shows you where to look amid 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'll lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds her mirror

And you want to travel with her
Cause you've touched her perfect body with your mind

Songwriter: Leonard Cohen

© Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

[Data from: LyricFind]

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