American Idyll

yes, the river knows

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Tea And Oranges That Come All The Way From China





suzanne
takes you down
to her place
by 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
she gets you
on her wavelength
and she lets
the river answer
that you've always
been her lover
--leonard cohen
(from "suzanne")

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