[00:09.840]Early one mornin'' the sun was shinin''
[00:13.100]I was layin'' in bed
[00:14.870]Wond''rin'' if she''d changed at all
[00:17.690]If her hair was still red
[00:19.650]Her folks they said our lives together
[00:22.520]Sure was gonna be rough
[00:24.530]They never did like Mama''s homemade dress
[00:27.480]Papa''s bankbook wasn''t big enough
[00:29.620]And I was standin'' on the side of the road
[00:32.670]Rain fallin'' on my shoes
[00:34.170]Heading out for the East Coast
[00:37.220]Lord knows I''ve paid some dues gettin'' through
[00:40.520]Tangled up in blue
[00:50.640]She was married when we first met
[00:56.150]Soon to be divorced
[00:58.200]I helped her out of a jam, I guess
[01:00.920]But I used a little too much force
[01:02.910]We drove that car as far as we could
[01:05.800]Abandoned it out West
[01:07.740]Split up on a dark sad night
[01:10.660]Both agreeing it was best
[01:12.600]She turned around to look at me
[01:15.570]As I was walkin'' away
[01:17.789]I heard her say over my shoulder
[01:20.350]"We''ll meet again someday on the avenue," “
[01:23.590]Tangled up in blue
[01:34.960]I had a job in the great north woods
[01:39.229]Working as a cook for a spell
[01:41.900]But I never did like it all that much
[01:44.900]And one day the ax just fell
[01:45.840]So I drifted down to New Orleans
[01:48.690]Where I happened to be employed
[01:50.890]Workin'' for a while on a fishin'' boat
[01:53.550]Right outside of Delacroix
[01:55.520]But all the while I was alone
[01:58.110]The past was close behind
[02:00.220]I seen a lot of women
[02:02.800]But she never escaped my mind, and I just grew
[02:06.150]Tangled up in blue
[02:10.430]
[02:16.820]She was workin'' in a topless place
[02:21.329]And I stopped in for a beer
[02:23.490]I just kept lookin'' at the side of her face
[02:26.310]In the spotlight so clear
[02:28.420]And later on as the crowd thinned out
[02:31.190]I''s just about to do the same
[02:33.100]She was standing there in back of my chair
[02:35.850]Said to me, "Don''t I know your name?"
[02:37.920]I muttered somethin'' underneath my breath
[02:40.710]She studied the lines on my face
[02:42.540]I must admit I felt a little uneasy
[02:45.140]When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe
[02:48.510]Tangled up in blue
[02:53.480]
[02:58.780]She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
[03:05.320]"I thought you''d never say hello," she said “
[03:08.310]"You look like the silent type." “
[03:10.140]Then she opened up a book of poems
[03:12.990]And handed it to me
[03:14.610]Written by an Italian poet
[03:17.650]From the thirteenth century
[03:20.100]And every one of them words rang true
[03:22.310]And glowed like burnin'' coal
[03:24.300]Pourin'' off of every page
[03:27.110]Like it was written in my soul from me to you
[03:30.500]Tangled up in blue
[03:36.460]
[03:39.430]I lived with them on Montague Street
[03:45.900]In a basement down the stairs
[03:46.950]There was music in the cafes at night
[03:49.650]And revolution in the air
[03:51.550]Then he started into dealing with slaves
[03:54.560]And something inside of him died
[03:56.240]She had to sell everything she owned
[03:59.100]And froze up inside
[04:00.800]And when finally the bottom fell out
[04:03.530]I became withdrawn
[04:05.630]The only thing I knew how to do
[04:08.120]Was to keep on keepin'' on like a bird that flew
[04:11.640]Tangled up in blue
[04:16.680]
[04:22.810]So now I''m goin'' back again
[04:26.200]I got to get to her somehow
[04:28.600]All the people we used to know
[04:30.660]They''re an illusion to me now
[04:32.380]Some are mathematicians
[04:35.120]Some are carpenter''s wives
[04:37.230]Don''t know how it all got started
[04:38.419]I don''t know what they''re doin'' with their lives
[04:40.469]But me, I''m still on the road
[04:43.207]Headin'' for another joint
[04:45.289]We always did feel the same
[04:47.900]We just saw it from a different point of view
[04:52.599]Tangled up in blue