Tangled Up In Blue Lyrics - Great White

Early one mornin' the sun was shinin' 

I was layin' in bed 

Wond'rin' if she'd changed at all 

If her hair was still red 

Her folks they said our lives together 

Sure was gonna be rough 

They never did like Mama's homemade dress 

Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough 

And I was standin' on the side of the road 

Rain fallin' on my shoes 

Heading out for the 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 

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 

She turned around to look at me 

As I was walkin' away 

I heard her say, over my shoulder 

We'll meet again someday on the avenue 

Tangled up in blue 

I had a job in the great north woods 

Working as a cook for a spell 

I never did like it all that much 

And one day the axe just fell 

So I drifted down to New Orleans 

Where I was lucky 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 

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 

And later on the crowd thinned out 

I's just about to do the same 

She was standing there in back of my chair 

Sayin', Jackie, don't I know your name? 

I muttered somethin' underneath my breath 

She studied the lines on my face 

I must admit I felt a little uneasy 

When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe 

Tangled up in blue 

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 and handed it to me 

Written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century 

And every one of them words rang true 

And glowed like burnin' coal 

Pourin' off of every page 

Like it was 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 

And something inside of him died 

She had to sell everything she owned 

And froze up inside 

And one day finally 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 

Tangled up in blue 

So now I'm goin' back again 

I got to get to her somehow 

All the people we used to know 

They're an illusion to me now 

Some are mathematicians 

Some are carpenter's wives 

Don't know how it all got started 

I don't know what they're doin' with their lives 

But me, I'm still on the road 

Headin' for another joint 

We always did feel the same 

We just saw it from a different point of view 

Tangled up in blue