Tangled Up In Blue-Den Fiori

[00:10.42]Early one morning the sun was shining [00:12.91]I was laying in bed [00:15.41]Wond'ring if she'd changed it all [00:17.56]If her hair was still red [00:20.35]Her folks they said our lives together [00:22.92]Sure was gonna be rough [00:25.24]They never did like mama's homemade dress [00:27.50]Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough [00:30.19]And I was standing on the side of the road [00:32.65]Rain falling on my shoes [00:35.40]Heading out for the east coast [00:37.20]Lord knows I've paid some dues getting through [00:42.55]Tangled up in blue [00:44.56] [00:53.76]She was married when we first meet [00:56.57]Soon to be divorced [00:58.91]I helped her out of a jam I guess [01:00.90]But I used a little too much force [01:03.52]We drove that car as far as we could [01:05.96]Abandoned it out west [01:08.75]Split it up on a dark sad night [01:10.68]Both agreeing it was best [01:13.38]She turned around to look at me [01:15.47]As I was walking away [01:18.42]I heard her say over my shoulder [01:20.41]We'll meet again someday on the avenue [01:25.58]Tangled up in blue [01:27.62] [01:36.90]I had a job in the great north woods [01:39.28]Working as a cook for a spell [01:41.43]But I never did like it all that much [01:43.82]And one day the ax just fell [01:46.27]So I drifted down to new orleans [01:48.70]Where I happened to be employed [01:51.36]Working for a while on a fishing boat [01:53.47]Right outside of delacroix [01:56.18]But all the while I was alone the past was close behind [02:00.99]I seen a lot of women [02:02.95]But she never escaped my mind and I just grew [02:08.16]Tangled up in blue [02:10.51] [02:19.26]She was working in a topless place [02:21.50]And I stopped in for a beer [02:23.93]I just kept looking at her side of her face [02:26.02]In the spotlight so clear [02:28.81]And later on as the crowd thinned out [02:31.07]I's just about to do the same [02:33.49]She was standing there in back of my chair [02:35.80]Said to me don't I know your name [02:38.56]I muttered something underneath my breath [02:40.59]She studied the lines on my face [02:43.29]I must admit I felt a little uneasy [02:45.32]When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe [02:50.46]Tangled up in blue [02:52.72] [03:01.43]She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe [03:06.05]I thought you'd never say hello she said [03:08.32]You look like the silent type [03:10.66]Then she opened up a book of poems [03:13.04]And handed it to me [03:15.66]Written by an italian poet from the fifteenth century [03:20.37]And every one of them words rang true [03:22.42]And glowed like burning coal [03:25.03]Pouring off of every page [03:26.91]Like it was written in my soul from me to you [03:32.07]Tangled up in blue [03:34.52] [03:42.53]I lived with them on montague street [03:45.08]In a basement down the stairs [03:47.35]There was music in the cafs at night [03:49.54]And revolution in the air [03:51.92]Then he started into dealing with slaves [03:54.42]And something inside of him died [03:56.95]She had to sell everything she owned [03:59.05]And froze up inside [04:01.59]And when finally the bottom fell out [04:03.81]I became withdrawn [04:06.17]The only thing I knew how to do [04:08.17]Was to keep on keeping on like a bird that flew [04:13.28]Tangled up in blue [04:17.00] [04:23.70]So now I'm going back again I got to get her somehow [04:28.68]All the people we used to know [04:30.53]They're an illusion to me now [04:33.31]Some are mathematicians some are carpenter's wives [04:37.64]Don't know how it all got started [04:39.76]I don't what they're doing with their lives [04:42.27]But me I'm still on the road heading for another joint [04:46.98]We always did feel the same [04:48.94]We just saw it from a different point of view [04:53.95]Tangled up in blue [04:58.00]