Tangled Up In Blue-Great White

[ti:Tangled Up & Blue] [ar:Great White] [al:Revisiting Familiar Waters] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tangled Up In Blue - Great White [00:10.74]Early one mornin' the sun was shinin' [00:13.04]I was layin' in bed [00:15.35]Wond'rin' if she'd changed at all [00:17.72]If her hair was still red [00:20.22]Her folks they said our lives together [00:21.91]Sure was gonna be rough [00:24.78]They never did like Mama's homemade dress [00:27.16]Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough [00:28.54] [00:29.71]And I was standin' on the side of the road [00:32.21]Rain fallin' on my shoes [00:34.40]Heading out for the East Coast [00:36.71]Lord knows I've paid some dues gettin' through [00:41.97]Tangled up in blue [00:44.78] [00:53.09]She was married when we first met [00:55.40]Soon to be divorced [00:58.28]I helped her out of a jam I guess [01:00.21]But I used a little too much force [01:02.71]We drove that car as far as we could [01:05.21]Abandoned it out west [01:07.65]Split up on a dark sad night [01:09.97]Both agreeing it was best [01:12.47]She turned around to look at me [01:14.84]As I was walkin' away [01:17.40]I heard her say over my shoulder [01:19.46]We'll meet again someday on the avenue [01:24.84]Tangled up in blue [01:29.84] [01:36.28]I had a job in the great north woods [01:37.97]Working as a cook for a spell [01:40.71]I never did like it all that much [01:42.97]And one day the axe just fell [01:45.34]So I drifted down to New Orleans [01:47.97]Where I was lucky to be employed [01:50.46]Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat [01:52.71]Right outside of Delacroix [01:55.40]But all the while I was alone [01:57.59]The past was close behind [02:00.16]I seen a lot of women [02:02.54]But she never escaped my mind and I just grew [02:07.84]Tangled up in blue [02:09.90] [02:19.04]She was workin' in a topless place [02:21.36]And I stopped in for a beer [02:23.74]I just kept lookin' at the side of her face [02:26.11]In the spotlight so clear [02:28.55]And later on the crowd thinned out [02:30.92]I's just about to do the same [02:33.55]She was standing there in back of my chair [02:35.80]Sayin' Jackie don't I know your name [02:38.30]I muttered somethin' underneath my breath [02:39.92]She studied the lines on my face [02:43.12]I must admit I felt a little uneasy [02:45.36]When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe [02:50.74]Tangled up in blue [02:53.68] [03:01.86]She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe [03:06.49]I thought you'd never say hello she said you look like the silent type [03:11.24]Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me [03:16.06]Written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century [03:21.06]And every one of them words rang true [03:23.24]And glowed like burnin' coal [03:25.86]Pourin' off of every page [03:28.06]Like it was written in my soul from me to you [03:33.12]Tangled up in blue [03:35.43] [03:44.43]I lived with them on Montague Street [03:46.74]In a basement down the stairs [03:49.06]There was music in the cafes at night [03:51.44]And revolution in the air [03:54.06]Then he started into dealing with slaves [03:56.43]And something inside of him died [03:58.87]She had to sell everything she owned [04:01.31]And froze up inside [04:03.68]And one day finally the bottom fell out [04:06.06]I became withdrawn [04:06.93] [04:08.52]The only thing I knew how to do [04:10.70]Was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew [04:15.70]Tangled up in blue [04:22.20] [04:26.76]So now I'm goin' back again [04:29.02]I got to get to her somehow [04:31.76]All the people we used to know [04:34.02]They're an illusion to me now [04:36.52]Some are mathematicians [04:38.89]Some are carpenter's wives [04:41.39]Don't know how it all got started [04:43.45]I don't know what they're doin' with their lives [04:45.33] [04:46.14]But me I'm still on the road [04:48.45]Headin' for another joint [04:49.58] [04:50.94]We always did feel the same [04:53.06]We just saw it from a different point of view [04:57.43] [04:58.30]Tangled up in blue