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contains notes from Suzanne from an interview conducted by Kate Saunders of the BBC

Suzanne takes you down to a 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 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 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’ll maybe trust her

For she’s touched your perfect body with her mind

Suzanne Verdal