[ti:Tangled up in Blue] [ar:Bob Dylan] [al:Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tangled up in Blue - Bob Dylan [00:05.27]Written by:Bob Dylan [00:10.55]Early one morning the sun was shining [00:12.79]I was laying in bed [00:14.32] [00:15.39]Wondering if she'd changed it all [00:17.61]If her hair was still red [00:19.28] [00:20.49]Her folks they said our lives together [00:22.68]Sure was gonna be rough [00:24.24] [00:25.20]They never did like mama's homemade dress [00:27.50]Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough [00:29.31] [00:30.38]And I was standing on the side of the road [00:32.71]Rain falling on my shoes [00:34.24] [00:35.58]Heading out for the east coast [00:37.32]Lord knows I've paid some dues getting through [00:40.35] [00:42.70]Tangled up in blue [00:43.92] [00:53.97]She was married when we first met [00:56.07] [00:56.67]Soon to be divorced [00:57.82] [00:59.13]I helped her out of a jam I guess [01:01.08]But I used a little too much force [01:02.73] [01:03.61]We drove that car as far as we could [01:06.08]Abandoned it out west [01:07.58] [01:08.89]Split it up on a dark sad night [01:10.62]Both agreeing it was best [01:12.44] [01:13.40]She turned around to look at me [01:15.62]As I was walking away [01:17.33] [01:18.59]I heard her say over my shoulder [01:20.36]We'll meet again someday on the avenue [01:23.48] [01:25.76]Tangled up in blue [01:27.13] [01:37.11]I had a job in the great north woods [01:39.34]Working as a cook for a spell [01:40.88] [01:41.70]But I never did like it all that much [01:43.92]And one day the ax just fell [01:45.64] [01:46.44]So I drifted down to New Orleans [01:48.85]Where I was looking for to be employed [01:50.53] [01:51.43]Working for a while on a fishing boat [01:53.64]Right outside of Delacroix [01:55.24] [01:56.32]But all the while I was alone [01:58.33]The past was close behind [02:00.06] [02:01.03]I seen a lot of women [02:02.34] [02:03.11]But she never escaped my mind and I just grew [02:06.36] [02:08.35]Tangled up in blue [02:09.88] [02:19.36]She was working in a topless place [02:21.59]And I stopped in for a beer [02:23.12] [02:24.14]I just kept looking at her side of her face [02:26.41]In the spotlight so clear [02:28.22] [02:28.93]And later on as the crowd thinned out [02:31.23]I was just about to do the same [02:32.85] [02:33.68]She was standing there in back of my chair [02:35.98]Said to me don't I know your name [02:37.66] [02:38.62]I muttered something underneath my breath [02:40.74]She studied the lines on my face [02:42.55] [02:43.26]I must admit I felt a little uneasy [02:45.53]When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe [02:48.62] [02:50.66]Tangled up in blue [02:51.96] [03:01.55]She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe [03:05.29] [03:06.18]I thought you'd never say hello she said [03:08.42]You look like the silent type [03:09.99] [03:10.84]Then she opened up a book of poems [03:13.24]And handed it to me [03:14.63] [03:15.71]Written by an Italian poet [03:17.73]From the fifteenth century [03:19.35] [03:20.27]And every one of them words rang true [03:22.49]And glowed like burning coal [03:24.05] [03:25.01]Pouring off of every page [03:27.03]Like it was written in my soul from me to you [03:30.20] [03:32.20]Tangled up in blue [03:33.58] [03:42.89]I lived with them on Montague street [03:45.29]In a basement down the stairs [03:46.81] [03:47.56]There was music in the cafe at night [03:49.82]And revolution in the air [03:51.44] [03:52.26]Then he started into dealing with slaves [03:54.57]And something inside of him died [03:56.27] [03:56.93]She had to sell everything she owned [03:59.10]And froze up inside [04:00.77] [04:01.75]And when finally the bottom fell out [04:03.95]I became withdrawn [04:05.46] [04:06.28]The only thing I knew how to do [04:08.39]Was to keep on keeping on like a bird that flew [04:11.55] [04:13.44]Tangled up in blue [04:14.78] [04:23.87]So now I'm going back again [04:26.14]I got to get her somehow [04:27.71] [04:28.76]All the people we used to know [04:30.76]They're an illusion to me now [04:32.36] [04:33.39]Some are mathematicians [04:35.04] [04:35.67]Some are carpenter's wives [04:37.54]Don't know how it all got started [04:39.38] [04:39.91]I don't what they're doing with their lives [04:42.19]But me I'm still on the road [04:44.55]Heading for another joint [04:46.25] [04:47.00]We always did feel the same [04:49.10]We just saw it from a different point of view [04:52.24] [04:54.09]Tangled up in blue