Lana Del Rey Article: "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" Lyrics

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posted by Snoopy_Sophie

((originally kwa Leonard Cohen)
I remember wewe well in the Chelsea Hotel
wewe 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 upendo for the workers in song
Probably still is for those of them left

Ah, but wewe got away, didn't wewe babe
wewe just turned your back on the crowd
wewe got away, I never once heard wewe 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 wewe well in the Chelsea Hotel
wewe were famous, your moyo was a legend
wewe told me again wewe preferred handsome men
But for me wewe would make an exception
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
Who are oppressed kwa the figures of beauty
wewe fixed yourself, wewe said, "Well never mind,
We are ugly but we have the music."

And then wewe got away, yeah, didn't wewe babe
wewe just turned your back on the crowd
wewe got away, I never once heard wewe 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 wewe the best
I can't keep track of each fallen robin
I remember wewe well in the Chelsea Hotel
That's all, I don't even think of wewe that often