Leonard Cohen

Chelsea Hotel No.2

Leonard Cohen


Tom: F

 
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I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel, 
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You were talking so brave and so sweet. 
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Giving me head on the unmade bed 
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While the limousines wait in the street 
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Those were the reasons and that was New York, 
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We were running for the money and the flesh 
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And that was called love for the workers in song, 
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Probably still is for those of them left. 


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And then you got away, didn't you, baby? 
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You just turned your back on the crowd. 
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You got away, I never once heard you say, 
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"I need you, I don't need you, I need you, I don't need you," 
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And all of that jiving around. 


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


Refrão:
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And then you got away, didn't you, baby? 
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You just turned your back on the crowd. 
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You got away, I never once heard you say, 
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"I need you, I don't need you, I need you, I don't need you," 
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And all of that jiving around. 
 

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