Tangled Up in Blue (Live at the Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA - November 21, 1975, Evening Show)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Early one mornin' the sun was shinin' She was lying in bed Wondering if she'd changed at all If her hair was still red Her folks they said their lives together Sure was going to be rough They never did like Mama's homemade dress Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough And he was standin' on the side of the road Rain fallin' on his shoes Heading out for the Old East Coast Lord knows he's paid some dues Getting through Tangled up in blue [Verse 2] She was married when they first met Soon to be divorced He helped her out of a jam, I guess But he used a little too much force And they drove that car as far as they could Abandoned it out West Splitting up on a dark sad night Both agreeing it was best And she turned around to look at him As he was walkin' away Sayin' over her shoulder "We'll meet on another day, on the avenue" Tangled up in blue [Verse 3] He had a job in Santa Fe Workin' in an old hotel But he never did like it all that much And one day it just went to Hell So he drifted down to New Orleans Lucky enough to be destroyed Well he got him a job on a fishing boat Docked right outside of Delacroix But all the while he was alone The past was close behind He seen a lot of women But she never escaped his mind And he just grew Tangled up in blue [Verse 4] She was working in a topless place And I stopped in for a beer I just kept looking at the side of her face In the spotlight, so clear And later on, when the crowd thinned out I was just about to do the same She was standing there, right beside my chair Said "Don't tell me, lemme guess your name" I muttered somethin' underneath my breath She studied the lines on my face Must admit, I felt a little uneasy When she bent down to tie the laces Of my shoes Tangled up in blue [Verse 5] 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 in the dealing with slaves And something inside of him died She had to sell everything she owned And froze up inside And when it all came crashing down I became withdrawn The only thing I knew how to do Was to keep on keeping on Like a bird that flew Tangled up in blue [Verse 6] So now I'm going on back again I got to get to them somehow All the faces we used to know They're an illusion to me now Some are mathematicians Some are truck drivers' wives Don't know how it all got started Don't know what they're doing with their lives But me, I'm still on the road Heading for another joint We always did feel the same We just saw it from a different point Of view Tangled up in blue [Outro] Thank you