Escrita por Leonard Cohen, foi gravada em fevereiro de 1974 e lançada no disco New skin for the old ceremony, em 11 de agosto de 1974. Este é o quarto disco de estúdio de Leonard Cohen. Foi produzida pelo próprio Cohen, juntamente com John Lissauer. A canção fala do encontro sexual entre Cohen e Janis Joplin, no Chelsea Hotel, em New York City. Depois ele iria pedir desculpas pela falta de discrição.
A letra:
I
remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
You were talkin' so brave
and so sweet
Givin' me head on the unmade bed
While the
limousines wait in the street
Those were the reason
and that was New York
We were runnin' 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, baby?
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 you got away,
didn't you, baby?
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 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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