Tangled Up in Blue Lyrics by Bob Dylan

0:10Early one morning, the sun was shining

0:12I was laying in bed

0:15Wondering if she'd changed it all

0:17If her hair was still red

0:20Her folks, they said, our lives together

0:23Sure was gonna be rough

0:25They never did like mama's homemade dress

0:27Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough

0:30And I was standing on the side of the road

0:32Rain falling on my shoes

0:35Heading out for the East Coast

0:37Lord knows I've paid some dues getting through

0:42Tangled up in blue

0:44♪

0:53She was married when we first met

0:56Soon to be divorced

0:58I helped her out of a jam, I guess

1:00But I used a little too much force

1:03We drove that car as far as we could

1:05Abandoned it out west

1:08Split up on a dark, sad night

1:10Both agreeing it was best

1:13She turned around to look at me

1:15As I was walking away

1:18I heard her say over my shoulder

1:20"We'll meet again someday on the avenue"

1:25Tangled up in blue

1:28♪

1:36I had a job in the great north woods

1:39Working as a cook for a spell

1:41But I never did like it all that much

1:43And one day the axe just fell

1:46So I drifted down to New Orleans

1:48Where I's lucky for to be employed

1:51Working for a while on a fishing boat

1:53Right outside of Delacroix

1:55But all the while I was alone

1:58The past was close behind

2:00I seen a lot of women

2:02But she never escaped my mind, and I just grew

2:07Tangled up in blue

2:10♪

2:18She was working in a topless place

2:21And I stopped in for a beer

2:23I just kept looking at the sight of her face

2:25In the spotlight so clear

2:28And later on when the crowd thinned out

2:30I's just about to do the same

2:33She was standing there in back of my chair

2:35Said, "Tell me, don't I know your name?"

2:38I muttered something underneath my breath

2:40She studied the lines on my face

2:43I must admit I felt a little uneasy

2:45When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe

2:50Tangled up in blue

2:52♪

3:00She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe

3:05"I thought you'd never say hello," she said

3:07"You look like the silent type"

3:10Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me

3:14Written by an Italian poet from the 13th century

3:19And every one of them words rang true

3:21And glowed like burning coal

3:24Pouring off of every page

3:26Like it was written in my soul, from me to you

3:31Tangled up in blue

3:34♪

3:42I lived with them on Montague Street

3:44In a basement down the stairs

3:46There was music in the cafés at night

3:49And revolution in the air

3:51Then he started into dealing with slaves

3:53And something inside of him died

3:56She had to sell everything she owned

3:58And froze up inside

4:00And when finally the bottom fell out

4:03I became withdrawn

4:05The only thing I knew how to do

4:07Was to keep on keeping on, like a bird that flew

4:12Tangled up in blue

4:15♪

4:22So now I'm going back again

4:25I got to get her somehow

4:27All the people we used to know

4:29They're an illusion to me now

4:32Some are mathematicians

4:34Some are carpenter's wives

4:36Don't know how it all got started

4:38I don't what they do with their lives

4:41But me, I'm still on the road

4:43Heading for another joint

4:45We always did feel the same

4:47We just saw it from a different point of view

4:52Tangled up in blue

4:56♪