NICK CAVE Suzanne

Suzanne is a song written by Canadian poet and musician Leonard Cohen in the 1960s. First published as a poem in 1966, it was recorded as a song by Judy Collins in the same year, and Cohen performed it as his debut single, from his 1967 album Songs of Leonard Cohen. Many other artists have recorded versions, and it has become one of the mostcovered songs in Cohen s catalogue. Suzanne was inspired by Cohens platonic relationship with Suzanne Verdal, the then girlfriend of sculptor Armand Vaillancourt. Its lyrics describe the rituals that they enjoyed when they met: Suzanne would invite Cohen to visit her apartment by the harbour in Montreal, where she would serve him Constant Comment tea, and they would walk around Old Montreal past the church of NotreDamedeBonSecours, where sailors were blessed before heading out to sea. Suzanne Verdal was interviewed by CBC Newss The National in 2006 about the song. Verdal says that she and Cohen never had sexual relations, contrary to what