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Intro
Verse 1
Early one mornin' the
sun was shinin',
I was layin' in
bed
Wond'rin' if she'd c
hanged at all
If her
hair was
still
red.
Her folks they said their l
ives together
Sure was gonna be
rough
They
never did like Mama's
homemade dress
Papa's
bankbook
wasn't big
enough.
And
I was standin' on the s
ide of the road
Rain fallin'
on my
shoes
Heading out for the
East Coast
Lord
knows I&rsquo
;ves paid some dues g
ettin' through,
Tangled
up in
blue.
Verse 2
She was married when
they first met,
Soon to be
divorced
I helped her out of a
jam, I guess,
But I
used a little too
much
force.
We drove that car as
far as we could
Abandoned it out
West
Split up on a
dark sad night
Bo
th agreeing it
was
best.
S
he turned around to
look at me
As I was wa
lkin'
away
I heard her say over
my shoulder,
“We'l
l meet
again someday
on the avenue,"
Tangled
up in
blue.
Verse 3
I had a job in the g
reat north woods
Working as a cook for a
spell
But I never did like it
all that much
And on
e day the
axe just
fell.
So I drifted down to
New Orleans
Where I happened to be
employed
Working’ for a wh
ile on a fishing’ boat
Right
outside o
f Dela
croix.
B
ut all the while I
was alone
The pas
t was c
lose
behind,
I
seen a lot of
women
But
she never
escaped my
mind, and I just
grew
Tangled
up in blu
e.
Verse 4
She was working’
in a topless place
And I stopped in
for a beer
I just kept looking’ a
t the side of her face
In t
he spo
tlight so
clear.
And later on as the
crowd thinned out
I’s just about to d
o the same,
She was standing there in
back of my chair
Said
to me, “Do
n’t I
know your name?”
I
muttered somthin’ und
erneath my breath,
She stu
died the
lines on my
face
I
must admit I felt a
little uneasy
When
she bent down to
tie the l
aces of my
shoe,
T
angled
up in blue
.
Verse 5
She lit a burner
on the stove
And offered me a
pipe
“I thought you’
d never say hello,” she said
&
lsquo;You look
like the s
ilent type.”
Th
en she opened up a book a
book of poems
And handed it to
me
Written by an
Italian poet
F
rom the
thirteenth
century.
And ev
ery one of them
words rang true
And gl
owed like
burnin&r
squo; coal
Po
uring’ of
f of every page
Like
it was written
in my soul f
rom me t
o you,
Tangled
up in
blue.
Verse 6
I lived with them on
Montague Street
In a basement down the
stairs,
There was music in the
cafes at night
A
nd revolution i
n the
air.
Th
en he started into
dealing with slaves
And something inside him
died.
She had to sell
everything she owned
A
nd froze
up
inside.
And wh
en finally the bo
ttom fell out
I bec
ame with
drawn,
Th
e only thing I knew
how to do
Was t
o keep on
kepi&rsq
uo; on like a bir
d that flew,
Tangled
up in
blue.
Verse 7
So now I’m g
oing’ back again,
I got to get to her
somehow
All the people we u
sed to know
T
hey’r
e an illusion
to me now.
So
me are
mathematicians
Some are
carpenter’s wives.
Don’t know how it a
ll got started,
I
don’t know what th
ey’re doing&
rsquo; with their lives.
But me
, I’m
still on the road
Headin
g&rsquo
; for an
other joint,
We
always did f
eel the same,
We ju
st saw it from a
different
point of
view,
Tangled
up in
blue.
Outro
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