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
That was New York
We were running for the money and the flesh
And that was called love
For the workers in song
Still is for those of them left
Oh, but you went away, didn't you babe
You just turned your back on the crowd
You went 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
Told me again you preferred handsome men
But for me you would make an exception
And clenching your fists for those like us
Who are repressed by the figures of beauty
You fixed yourself
You said well never mind
We are ugly
But we have the music
Oh, but you went away, didn't you babe
You just turned your back on the crowd
You went 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 don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best
I can't keep track of each fallen rock
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
That is all, I don't think of you that often
Oh, and you got away, didn't you babe
You just turned your back on the crowd
You went away
I'd like to once here you say
I need you
Keith, I need you
I need you
Oh, I need you
And all of that jiving around