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I was layin' in bed

Wonderin' if she had changed at all

If her hair was still red

And her folks had said our lives together

It sure was gonna be rough

They never did like Mama's homemade dress

Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough

And she was standin' on the side of the road

As rain's fallin' on my shoes

I'm heading out for the old East Coast

Lord, knows I've paid some dues gettin' 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

So 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

Then she turned around and looked at me

As I was walkin' away

I heard her say over my shoulder

"We're gonna meet again someday on a avenue”

We got tangled up in blue

So 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 ax just fell

So I drifted down to New Orleans

Where I was looking out to be employed

Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat

Right outside of Delacroix

But all the while I was alone

The past was close behind me

I seen a lot of women

But she never escaped my mind and I just grew

Tangled up in blue

She was workin' in a topless place

And I stopped in for a beer

I just kept lookin' at the side of her face

In the spotlight so clear

Then later on as the crowd thinned out

I was just about to do the same

She was standing there at the back of the chair

Singin', "Tell me, don't I know your name?"

I muttered somethin' underneath the breath

She studied the lines on my face

I must admit I felt a little uneasy

When she bent to tie the lace of my shoe

We got tangled up in blue

So 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

Handed it to me

Written by an Italian poet

In the thirteenth century

And every one of those words rang true

Glowed like burnin' coal

Pourin' off of every page

Like it's written in my soul from me to you

Tangled up in blue

I lived with them on Montague Street

In a basement down the stairs

There was music in the cafes at night

And revolution in the air

Then he started into dealing with slaves

Something inside of him died

She had to sell everything they owned

And froze up inside

And when finally as the bottom fell out

I became withdrawn,

The only thing I knew how to do

Was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew

We got tangled up in blue

Now I'm goin' back again

Got to get to her somehow

All the people that we used to know

They're illusion to me now

Some are mathematicians

Some are carpenter's wives

We don't know how this got started

Don't know what we do with our lives

Me, I'm still on the road

Headin' for another joint

We didn't always see the same

And we start it from a different point of view

Tangled up in blue

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