Tangled Up And Blue-Great White

[ti:Tangled Up In Blue] [ar:Great White] [al:The Essential Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tangled Up And Blue - Great White [00:10.52]Early one mornin＇ the sun was shinin＇ [00:13.27]I was layin＇ in bed [00:14.38] [00:15.09]Wond＇rin＇ if she＇d changed at all [00:17.36]If her hair was still red [00:18.72] [00:19.86]Her folks they said our lives together [00:21.57] [00:22.09]Sure was gonna be rough [00:23.51] [00:24.50]They never did like [00:25.57]Mama＇s homemade dress [00:27.11]Papa＇s bankbook wasn＇t big enough [00:29.47]And I was standin＇ on [00:30.89]The side of the road [00:32.09]Rain fallin＇ on my shoes [00:33.49] [00:34.55]Heading out for the East Coast [00:36.31]Lord knows I＇ve paid some [00:38.26]Dues gettin＇ through [00:39.58] [00:41.61]Tangled up in blue [00:43.05] [00:52.67]She was married when we first met [00:54.46] [00:55.36]Soon to be divorced [00:56.33] [00:57.81]I helped her out of a jam I guess [01:00.15]But I used a little too much force [01:01.78] [01:02.39]We drove that car as far as we could [01:04.32] [01:04.86]Abandoned it out West [01:05.95] [01:07.52]Split up on a dark sad night [01:09.56]Both agreeing it was best [01:11.59] [01:12.21]She turned around to look at me [01:14.54]As I was walkin＇ away [01:15.84] [01:17.06]I heard her say over my shoulder [01:18.56] [01:19.13]＂We＇ll meet again [01:20.56]Someday on the avenue [01:22.08] [01:24.40]Tangled up in blue [01:25.68] [01:35.56]I had a job in the great north woods [01:37.92]Working as a cook for a spell [01:39.52] [01:40.44]I never did like it all that much [01:42.60]And one day the ax just fell [01:44.16] [01:44.97]So I drifted down to New Orleans [01:47.56]Where I was lucky to be employed [01:49.48] [01:50.20]Workin＇ for a while on a fishin＇ boat [01:52.67]Right outside of Delacroix [01:53.72] [01:55.07]But all the while I was alone [01:56.74] [01:57.25]The past was close behind [01:58.50] [01:59.65]I seen a lot of women [02:02.07]But she never escaped my mind [02:04.30]And I just grew [02:05.16] [02:07.38]Tangled up in blue [02:08.92] [02:18.66]She was workin＇ in a topless place [02:20.89]And I stopped in for a beer [02:22.46] [02:23.49]I just kept lookin＇ [02:24.93]At the side of her face [02:26.20]In the spotlight so clear [02:27.29] [02:28.20]And later on the crowd thinned out [02:30.58]I＇s just about to do the same [02:32.46] [02:33.06]She was standing there [02:34.19]In back of my chair [02:35.40]Saying Jackie don't [02:36.07]I know your name [02:36.84] [02:38.03]I muttered somethin＇ [02:39.14]Underneath my breath [02:39.86]She studied the [02:41.03]Lines on my face [02:41.90] [02:42.89]I must admit I felt [02:44.03]A little uneasy [02:45.18]When she bent down to tie [02:46.54]The laces of my shoe [02:48.55] [02:50.29]Tangled up in blue [02:51.72] [03:01.56]She lit a burner on [03:02.86]The stove and offered me a pipe [03:05.34] [03:06.16]I thought you＇d never [03:07.16]Say hello she said [03:08.14] [03:08.68]You look like the silent type [03:09.92] [03:10.89]Then she opened up a book of poems [03:12.89] [03:13.52]And handed it to me [03:14.64] [03:15.92]Written by an Italian poet [03:18.22]From the thirteenth century [03:19.83] [03:20.68]And every one of them words rang true [03:23.00]And glowed like burnin＇ coal [03:24.50] [03:25.56]Pourin＇ off of every page [03:27.69]Like it was written [03:28.86]In my soul from me to you [03:30.58] [03:32.90]Tangled up in blue [03:35.20] [03:44.10]I lived with them on Montague Street [03:46.37]In a basement down the stairs [03:48.03] [03:48.63]There was music in the cafes at night [03:50.99]And revolution in the air [03:52.66] [03:53.62]Then he started into [03:54.79]Dealing with slaves [03:55.97]And something inside of him died [03:57.50] [03:58.48]She had to sell everything she owned [04:00.61]And froze up inside [04:01.93] [04:03.47]And one day finally [04:04.53]The bottom fell out [04:05.71]I became withdrawn [04:07.15] [04:08.10]The only thing I knew how to do [04:10.29]Was to keep on keepin＇ on [04:12.29]Like a bird that flew [04:13.32] [04:15.44]Tangled up in blue [04:18.13] [04:26.40]So now I＇m goin＇ back again [04:28.62]I got to get to her somehow [04:30.03] [04:31.24]All the people we used to know [04:33.43]They＇re an illusion to me now [04:35.08] [04:36.13]Some are mathematicians [04:37.81] [04:38.54]Some are carpenter＇s wives [04:40.16] [04:40.84]Don＇t know how it all got started [04:43.11]I don't know what they're [04:44.52]Doin'with their lives [04:45.23] [04:45.82]But me I'm still on the road [04:47.46] [04:48.44]Headin' for another joint [04:49.78] [04:50.69]We always did feel the same [04:52.74]We just saw it from [04:54.00]A different point of view [04:56.70] [04:57.93]Tangled up in blue