Chelsea Hotel #2 (L. Cohen)

I remember you well

In the Chelsea Hotel

You were talking so brave and so sweet

Giving me head on the unmade bed

While the limousines wait in the street

Those were the reasons

That was New York

We were running for the money and the flesh

And that was called love

For the workers in song

Still is for those of them left

Oh, but you went away, didn't you babe

You just turned your back on the crowd

You went 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 remember you well

In the Chelsea Hotel

You were famous

Your heart was a legend

Told me again you preferred handsome men

But for me you would make an exception

And clenching your fists for those like us

Who are repressed by the figures of beauty

You fixed yourself

You said well never mind

We are ugly

But we have the music

Oh, but you went away, didn't you babe

You just turned your back on the crowd

You went 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 is all, I don't think of you that often

Oh, and you got away, didn't you babe

You just turned your back on the crowd

You went away

I'd like to once here you say

I need you

Keith, I need you

I need you

Oh, I need you

And all of that jiving around