I remember u well in the Chelsea Hotel
u 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 u got away, didn't u babe
u just turned your back on the crowd
u got away, I never once heard u 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 u well in the Chelsea Hotel
u were famous, your hart-, hart was a legend
u told me again u preferred handsome men
But for me u would make an exception
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
Who are oppressed door the figures of beauty
u fixed yourself, u said, "Well never mind,
We are ugly but we have the music."
And then u got away, yeah, didn't u babe
u just turned your back on the crowd
u got away, I never once heard u 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 u the best
I can't keep track of each fallen robin
I remember u well in the Chelsea Hotel
That's all, I don't even think of u that often
