Album Name

Dylan (2CD Special Edition)

Artist

Bob Dylan

Genre

POP

Release Date

2007.10.11

Release Agency

-

Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
Early one morning the
sun was shining
I was laying in bed
Wondering if she'd
changed at all
if her hair was still red
Her folks they said our
lives together
sure was gonna be rough
They never did like mama's
homemade dress
papa's bank book
wasn't big enough
And I was standing
on the side of the road
rain falling on my shoes
Heading out for
the East Coast
Lord knows I paid
some dues getting through
Tangled up in blue

She was married
when we 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
both agreeing it was best
She turned around
to look at me
as I was walking away
I heard her say over
my shoulder
We'll meet again
someday on the avenue
Tangled up in blue

I had a job in the
great north woods
working as a cook
for a spell
But I never did like
it all that much
and one day the axe
just fell
So I drifted down
to New Orleans
though I lucky was
to be employed
Working for a while
on a fishing boat right
outside of the Delacroix
But all the while
I was alone the past
was close behind
I seen a lot of women
but she never
escaped my mind
and I just grew
Tangled up in blue

She was working
in a topless place
and I stopped in for a beer
I just kept looking at
the side of her face
in the spotlight so clear
And later on when
the crowd thinned
out I was just about
to do the same
She was standing there
in back of my chair
said to me Don't
I know your name
I muttered something
underneath
my breath she studied
the lines on my face
I must admit I felt
a little uneasy
when she bent down
to tie the laces of my shoe
Tangled up in blue

She lit a burner
on the stove
and offered me a pipe
I thought you'd never
say hello she said
You look like
the silent type
Then she opened up a book
of poems and handed it to me
Written by an Italian poet
from the fifteenth century
And everyone of them words
rang true and glowed
like burning coal
Pouring off of every
page like it
was written in
my soul from me to you
Tangled up in blue

I lived with them
on Montague street
a basement down the stairs
There was music in the
cafes at night and
revolution in the air
Then he started in to
dealing with slaves
and something
inside of him died
She had to sell everything
she owned and
froze up inside
And when it finally
the bottom fell out
I became withdrawn
The only thing
I knew how to do
was to keep on keeping
on like a bird that flew
Tangled up in blue

So now I'm going back again
I got to get to her somehow
All the people
we used to know
they're an
illusion to me now
Some are mathematicians
and some are
carpenter's wives
I don't know how it
all got started
or don't know what
they're doing with
their lives
But me I'm still
on the road
heading for another joint
We always did feel the same
we just saw it from
a different point of view
Tangled up in blue