Chelsea Hotel No. 2 - Leonard Cohen - Singing

this is a remarkable song of the Leonard Cohen..
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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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[madiiify]

.. Professor Snape?

[Jana Ptackova]

they both have bautiful voices and both versions are incredible .. which one do you prefer is your choice and if someone likes lana's version better than he's not wrong , he just has different music taste. :)

[Mollie Denton]

Reminds me so much of u

[catfish4catfish]

amen

[nmck777]

Asdfghjkl amazing

[tobeaginger]

piss off 

[Dave Teves]

He looks like Al Pacino on the cover

[Mollie Denton]

We were running for the money and the flesh - DLFM -

[j4ckyb01]

It does mean that, and it's about a fling he had with Janis Joplin in the chelsea hotel. (i think thats how you spell here last name anyway)

[fiona marley]

Meme si la reprise de lana del rey n'est pas un massacre, je trouve qu'elle avait pas le droit ... :)

[ashtonlove09]

I swear I hadn't heard this song before I heard Lana's cover of it. And I'm thankful, this is beautiful. simple raw beauty.

[Gossip007Bondgirl]

Btw you are a dickhead ;)