((originally par Leonard Cohen)
I remember toi well in the Chelsea Hotel
toi were talking so Rebelle 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 l’amour for the workers in song
Probably still is for those of them left
Ah, but toi got away, didn't toi babe
toi just turned your back on the crowd
toi got away, I never once heard toi 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 toi well in the Chelsea Hotel
toi were famous, your cœur, coeur was a legend
toi told me again toi preferred handsome men
But for me toi would make an exception
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
Who are oppressed par the figures of beauty
toi fixed yourself, toi said, "Well never mind,
We are ugly but we have the music."
And then toi got away, yeah, didn't toi babe
toi just turned your back on the crowd
toi got away, I never once heard toi 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 toi the best
I can't keep track of each fallen robin
I remember toi well in the Chelsea Hotel
That's all, I don't even think of toi that often
I remember toi well in the Chelsea Hotel
toi were talking so Rebelle 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 l’amour for the workers in song
Probably still is for those of them left
Ah, but toi got away, didn't toi babe
toi just turned your back on the crowd
toi got away, I never once heard toi 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 toi well in the Chelsea Hotel
toi were famous, your cœur, coeur was a legend
toi told me again toi preferred handsome men
But for me toi would make an exception
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
Who are oppressed par the figures of beauty
toi fixed yourself, toi said, "Well never mind,
We are ugly but we have the music."
And then toi got away, yeah, didn't toi babe
toi just turned your back on the crowd
toi got away, I never once heard toi 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 toi the best
I can't keep track of each fallen robin
I remember toi well in the Chelsea Hotel
That's all, I don't even think of toi that often
"Blue Velvet"
She wore blue velvet
Bluer than velvet were her eyes
Warmer than May her tender sighs
l’amour was ours
Ours a l’amour I held tightly
Feeling the rapture grow
Like a flame burning brightly
But when she left gone was the glow of
She wore Blue Velvet
But in my cœur, coeur there’ll always be
Precious and warm a memory through the years
And I still can see Blue Velvet through my tears
[Instrumental]
She wore Blue Velvet
But in my cœur, coeur there’ll always be
Precious and warm a memory through the years
And I still can see Blue Velvet through my tears
She wore Blue Velvet
But in my cœur, coeur there’ll always be
Precious and warm a memory through the years
And I still can see Blue Velvet through my tears
She wore blue velvet
Bluer than velvet were her eyes
Warmer than May her tender sighs
l’amour was ours
Ours a l’amour I held tightly
Feeling the rapture grow
Like a flame burning brightly
But when she left gone was the glow of
She wore Blue Velvet
But in my cœur, coeur there’ll always be
Precious and warm a memory through the years
And I still can see Blue Velvet through my tears
[Instrumental]
She wore Blue Velvet
But in my cœur, coeur there’ll always be
Precious and warm a memory through the years
And I still can see Blue Velvet through my tears
She wore Blue Velvet
But in my cœur, coeur there’ll always be
Precious and warm a memory through the years
And I still can see Blue Velvet through my tears