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Track: Suzanne
Artist: Leonard Cohen
Album: Songs Of Leonard Cohen

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Name: Leonard Cohen
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Leonard Cohen was born September 21,1934, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and died November 7, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a Canadian poet, singer and songwriter. The father of [a290771] and [a1848518]. His first collection of poetry, [i]Let Us Compare Mythologies[/i], was published in 1956, followed by [i]The Spice Box of Earth[/i] in 1961. After traveling throughout Europe, he settled on the Greek island of Hydra, where he stayed for seven years. There he wrote another collection of poetry, [i]Flowers for Hitler[/i] (1964), and two novels, [i]The Favorite Game[/i] (1963) and [i]Beautiful Losers[/i] (1966). In 1967, Cohen moved to the United States to pursue a career as a folk musician. In 1994, Cohen retreated to the Mt. Baldy Zen Center near Los Angeles, beginning what became five years of seclusion at the center. In 1996, Cohen was ordained as a Rinzai Zen Buddhist monk and took the Dharma name "Jikan", meaning "silence". During his lifetime he recorded 14 studio albums. A tribute [url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Im-Your-Fan-The-Songs-Of-Leonard-Cohen-By/master/3820]album[/url] with 18 songs was released in 1991, featuring [a74500], [a66358], [a31844], [a37859], [a231577], [a107077] and [a45641] among others. John Cale's cover of the song "Hallelujah" on this album served as the basis for the version released by [a159169] in 1994. Inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 (Performer) Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2010 Published by Stranger Music, Inc.

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Release: Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
Year: 1976
Genres: Rock, Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Pop Rock, Folk Rock, Ballad, Vocal

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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 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 you can trust her
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.