Listen to “Suzanne” from Colby's new album American Son out now. Listen now: https://ca.lnk.to/AmericanSon Connect with Colby: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colby_acuff TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@colby_acuff YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Colby_acuff Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ColbyAcuffMusic X: https://twitter.com/cacuff15 Website: https://www.colbyacuff.com/ Text: (208) 486-0161 Lyrics: Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river You can hear the boats go by, You can spend the night beside her But you know that she's half-crazy That's why you wanna to be there And she’ll feed 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 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 But then you know that she’ll 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 let all men 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 then 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 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’ll lean that way forever While Suzanne holds the mirror And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind And then you know you can trust her For she's touched your perfect body with her mind
