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By Leonard Cohen Submitted by salty_cat14 Date: 2001 Aug 03 Comment on this Work [[2001.08.03.17.45.8777]] |
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I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel You were talking so brave and so sweet Giving me head on an unmade bed As the limosines wait in the street But those were the reasons and that was New York We were running for the money and the flesh And that was called love For the workers in song Probably still is for those of them left But you got away Didn't you babe You just turned your back on the crowd You got away I never once heard you say I need you, I don't need you I need you, I don't need you And all of that jiving about I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel You were famous your heart was a legend You told me again you prefered handsome men But for me you would make an exception Then clenching your fists for the ones like us Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty You fixed yourself and said "Well nevermind. We are ugly but we have the music." But you got away didn't you babe You just turned your back on the crowd You got away I never once heard you say I need you, I don't need you I need you, I don't need you And all of that jiving around I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best I can't keep track of each fallen rock I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel That's all I don't think of you that often. |