Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel #2 lyrics

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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 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. 
Ah 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 remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel 
you were famous, your heart was a legend. 
You told me again you preferred handsome men 
but for me you would make an exception. 
And clenching your fist for the ones like us 
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty, 
you fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind, 
we are ugly but we have the music." 

And then you got away, didn't you babe... 

I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best, 
I can't keep track of each fallen robin. 
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel, 
that's all, I don't even think of you that often.
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Author: Leonard Cohen

Composer: Leonard Cohen

Publisher: Sony Music Entertainment Netherlands B.V.

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Released in: 2011

Language: English

Translations: Dutch

Appearing on: Golden Highlights (1985) , The Essential (2008) , Greatest Hits (2009) , Diamonds In The Mine Field (1985) , So Long, Marianne (1989) , All Time Best (2011) , Hallelujah & Songs from His Albums (2022)

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